Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
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The words of love you hear, and the life you feel touching your body and soul, then you know you have discovered the great value of misfortune.
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You too are a work of art.
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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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True inspiration overrides all fears. When you are inspired, you enter a trance state and can accomplish things that you may never have felt capable of doing.
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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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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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To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
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What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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There’s very little that shocks me because I consider life a miracle so I guess what shocks me is that life exists. How the hell did we get here? What shocks me is that bacteria alter their genes and resist antibiotics and viruses resist vaccines.
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It’s hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don’t have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription:
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