“ I MUST LEARN TO LOVE THE FOOL IN ME - THE ONE WHO FEELS TOO MUCH, TALKS TOO MUCH, TAKES TOO MANY CHANCES, WINS SOMETIMES AND LOSES OFTEN, LACKS SELF-CONTROL, LOVES AND HATES, HURTS AND GETS HURT, PROMISES AND BREAKS PROMISES, LAUGHS AND CRIES. IT ALONE PROTECTS ME AGAINST THE UTTERLY SELF-CONTROLLED, MASTERFUL TYRANT WHOM I ALSO HARBOR AND WHO WOULD ROB ME OF HUMAN ALIVENESS, HUMILITY, AND DIGNITY BUT FOR MY FOOL.“

-THEODORE I. RUBIN, MD