- from “STRESS” by Hans Selye (1950)

To those who – in their efforts for good or evil, for peace or war – have sustained wounds, loss of blood or exposure to extremes of temperature hunger, fatigue, want of air, infections, poisons or deadly rays.

To those who are under the exhausting nervous strain of pursuing their ideal – whatever it may be
To the martyrs who sacrifice themselves for others, as well as to those hounded by selfish ambition, fear, jealousy, and worst of all by hate.

For my stress stems from the urge to help and not to judge.

But most personally, this book is dedicated to my wife, who helped so much to write it, for she understood that I cannot, and should not, be cured of my stress but merely taught to enjoy it.