Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.
BERNIE SIEGELIf our wholeness is interrupted, then our health suffers, and we need to find a way to restore our sense of meaning. When we move in the direction of that meaning, we’re healing.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.
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Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer?
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If God came in and said, I want you to be happy for the rest of your life, what would you do?
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I love how Mother Theresa said she wouldn’t attend an anti-war rally but if there was a peace rally to call her. So I realized it’s not about waging a war against everybody’s disease and diagnosis but rather about helping them live.
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Feelings aroused by the touch of someones hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.
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We are here to feel, wonder and gaze in awe at the world. Instead of just teaching our children how to use things and do things, I suggest we nourish their sense of wonder.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.
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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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Now we are a team and I have less to be concerned about. He organizes my schedule. I just follow it, and when He is taking a day off my wife steps in.
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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