Jerome Groopman Quotes

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Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see - in the mind's eye - a path to a better future.

Jerome Groopman
Hope can be imagined as a domino effect, a chain reaction, each increment making the next increase more feasible... There are moments of fear and doubt that can deflate it.

Jerome Groopman
Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them.

Jerome Groopman
To hope under the most extreme circumstances is an act of defiance that permits a person to live his life on his own terms. It is part of the human spirit to endure and give a miracle a chance to happen.

Jerome Groopman
There is an authentic biology of hope. Belief and expectation - the key elements of hope - can block pain by releasing the brain's endorphins and enkephalins, mimicking the effects of morphine.

Jerome Groopman
On average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story.

Jerome Groopman
Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism, is rooted in unalloyed reality.

Jerome Groopman
Even when there is no longer hope for the body, there is always hope for the soul.

Jerome Groopman
False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them.

Jerome Groopman
Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform.

Jerome Groopman