Martin H. Fischer

"When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors."

"There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugs — they are weak men. Only strong men are cured, and they cure themselves."

"The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty — not marble floors and foundations."

"Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification."

"A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking."

"Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these — it's a state of mind."

"None of the great discoveries was made by a "specialist" or a "researcher."

"You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage."