Kirstyn E’s Weblog

“All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own”- Goethe

“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over those who can’t read them”- Mark Twain

“If you’re asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick.” – Dr. Paul Farmer

“So I can’t show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.” – Dr. Paul Farmer

“Rats and roaches live by competition under the law of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.” – Wendell Berry

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

“Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty, and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.” -President John F. Kennedy

“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and help them become capable of being.” -Goethe