Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Rachel Naomi Remen
American Physician, Author, Medical Reformer, Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine, Co-Founder and Medical Director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program
"When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do."
"When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service, the work of the soul."
"Wounding and healing are not opposites. They"