Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese
Abraham Vergheseis a physician-author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. He is also the author of three best-selling books, two memoirs and a novel. In 2011, he was elected to be a member of the Institute of Medicine...
NationalityEthiopian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryEthiopia
escaping climbing tree
He had so many ways of climbing into the tree house in his head, escaping the madness below, and pulling the ladder up behind him...
country treats brethren
How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.
country godly fighting
What we are fighting isn't godlessness--this is the most godly country on earth. We aren't even fighting disease. Its poverty. Money for food, medicines... that helps. When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.
children years tragedy
She had always assumed that she would have years to sort out the meaning of life... As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
selfish heart winning
When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...
thinking judging suffering
God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by--by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. I don't think God cares what doctrine we embrace.
self-confidence seductive firsts
To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
beautiful something-beautiful
Make something beautiful of your life.
teaching taught dies
He was teaching me how to die, just as he'd taught me how to live.
sacred ordinary intrusion
If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.
jobs relief holes
Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.
believe past black
I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.
broken generations next
We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
destiny omission our-actions
Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.