Christiaan Barnard Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Christiaan Barnard:

Suffering isn’t ennobling, recovery is.
~Christiaan Barnard


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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.
~Christiaan Barnard


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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
~Christiaan Barnard


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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.
~Christiaan Barnard


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If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.
~Christiaan Barnard


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The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.
~Christiaan Barnard


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