Suffering Isn't Ennobling, Recovery Is.

I Vowed Never Again To Experiment With Such Sensitive Creatures.

I Had Bought Two Male Chimps From A Primate Colony In Holland. They Lived Next To Each Other In Separate Cages For Several Months Before I Used One As A [heart] Donor. When We Put Him To Sleep In His Cage In Preparation For The Operation, He Chattered And Cried Incessantly. We Attached No Significance To This, But It Must Have Made A Great Impression On His Companion, For When We Removed The Body To The Operating Room, The Other Chimp Wept Bitterly And Was Inconsolable For Days. The Incident Made A Deep Impression On Me. I Vowed Never Again To Experiment With Such Sensitive Creatures.

For A Dying Man It Is Not A Difficult Decision [to Agree To Become The World's First Heart Transplant] ... Because He Knows He Is At The End. If A Lion Chases You To The Bank Of A River Filled With Crocodiles, You Will Leap Into The Water Convinced You Have A Chance To Swim To The Other Side. But You Would Not Accept Such Odds If There Were No Lion.

Suffering Isn't Ennobling, Recovery Is.

I Don't Believe Medical Discoveries Are Doing Much To Advance Human Life. As Fast As We Create Ways To Extend It We Are Inventing Ways To Shorten It.