we are doing God’s work. So God dresses in Eskimo clothing or other disguises, and responds to us whether or not we are aware enough to hear, see, or feel God’s loving guidance. Everything is a tool of God, from DNA to the weather.
BERNIE SIEGELWhat a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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Don’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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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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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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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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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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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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Do not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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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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Our authority figures, particularly our parents are hypnotic. Their words are hypnotic literally to small children because of brain wave patterns.
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