Quote by Samuel Butler

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his p

Summary

This quote suggests that a physician's knowledge of the human body and physical functions is similarly essential for their ability to heal as a cleric's understanding of divinity is for their ability to guide and influence people's behavior. It implies that just as a cleric's religious knowledge influences moral conduct, a physician's understanding of physiology influences their ability to provide effective treatment and promote healing. Overall, the quote highlights the importance of expertise and knowledge in different fields and its link to the ability to bring about positive outcomes in one's respective profession.

Topics

By Samuel Butler

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.

Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.

Authors & Writing

Were kisses all the joys in bed,/One woman would another wed

Were kisses all the joys in bed,/One woman would another wed.

William Shakespeare

Marriage Women Kisses Sonnets

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.

Lysander Spooner

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruct

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

Thomas Jefferson

Life Happiness Good Government

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that

Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation, and if we try to become less so, we may accept a definition that confines the definition of small wins to narrower issues than is necessary.

Karl Weick, Making Sense of the

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. B

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

Francis Ford Coppola

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

Gustave Flaubert

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed no

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

Barbara Tuchman

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having a

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

I mean, it's amazing that I get to meet all these people. I'

I mean, it's amazing that I get to meet all these people. I've learned so much from all of them. I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can't even describe how much fun I had.