123 Quotes by Paul Farmer

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat.

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?

The danger is that they build up a power base and turn everyone in the organization paranoid, everyone becomes afraid of everyone else and the work culture begins to reflect the personality of the leader,

And I can also show you that people from all walks of life agree that someone who is sick deserves, in principle, compassion and care.