I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
BERNIE SIEGELEmbrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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What if Jesus was the only normal person who ever lived?
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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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If you see what you do each day as your way of loving the world and helping it heal, then life gets to be a lot different. The difference between burning up and burning out is the difference between loving what you are doing and not loving it.
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As one woman told me, “When I decided to come in to work happy, everybody around me became happy.” This woman had decided to quit a job she hated, and on the last day of her two weeks’ notice, she woke up happy.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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You’ll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned:
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Every time I jog through the world, I am awed by what I find. On a winter morning, when it seems too cold and slippery for safe jogging or bicycling, I can still go out and experience the glory of sunlight turning icy branches into strings of sparkling diamonds.
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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
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I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, ‘It’s only work if there’s someplace else you’d rather be.’
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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