93 Quotes by Sherwin B. Nuland

We are not well served by being lulled into unjustified expectations.

How much of the “good death” is for the person dying and how much for the person helping him?

The lesson is never learned – there will always be those who persist in seeking the Fountain of Youth, or at least delaying what is irrevocably ordained.

The kind of child our society resembles just now is one whose intelligence far exceeds his maturity. Every teacher and every parent knows what a formula for disaster that can be.

Nature is being kind without knowing it, as nature can be cruel without knowing it.

Human beings are capable of the kind of love and loyalty that transcends not only the physical debasement but even the spiritual weariness of the years of sorrow.

Shakespeare has Julius Caesar reflect that: Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

Share your optimisms and keep your pessimisms to yourself.

Self-assurance, optimism, productivity, attachments of caritas to others, pride in our physical selves – these are all philosophies that enhance living. They are wellsprings largely of our own making, and they can grow in significance as we let their energies pour into the ever-widening, deepening channel of experience and wisdom.