Ummm.  Errr.  Unfortunately I’m not as eloquent as Plato or Buddha, whose words were submitted for our Inspirational Quote Contest.  Our contest winner was Brian V., who submitted a quote from Viktor Frankl on the freedom to choose your attitude towards adversity.
Thanks to everyone who submitted entries!  Here are your top 10 inspirational quotes!

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People in pain need inspiration and hope.  Our Inspirational Quote Contest entries may provide that for you.
 
And now for the winning entry…
Everything can be taken from a man but the last of human freedoms, the right to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances - the right to choose one’s own way.
~   Dr. Viktor Frankl
Dr. […]

“In spite of illness, in spite even of the arch-enemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change,  insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.”
Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance

I liked this quote so much that I’m going to have […]

As a psychiatrist, I’m intrigued by the mind and brain.  But what exactly is the relationship between these entities - mind and brain - terms that are often used interchangeably.  My philospher-husband has this to say:
Suppose you hit your thumb with a hammer.  You’ll certainly feel a painful sensation in your thumb.  You’ll most likely exhibit […]

Philosophy and Pain #2
“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult,” says the painter Kandinsky.  Well, maybe he’s never met Philosophy.  My husband teaches philosophy, and though some of the things he studies are abstract and hard to understand for me, it’s sometimes worth the effort to stretch our brains.

My husband writes…
Do you […]

My husband teaches philosophy at a university and is interested in what’s called “Philosophy of Mind,” which is an area of philosophy that tries to understand what the mind is and what exactly the relationship is between the mind and the brain. Here are some of his comments regarding pain:
Some philosophers believe that, at present, […]