Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day.
BERNIE SIEGELWhen you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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You will notice at times that the new life isn’t what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn’t how I define prayer.
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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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I learned to say, “You didn’t die when you were supposed to so what’s going on?”, and they always had a story to tell me.
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At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
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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.
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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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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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The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient’s ability and desire to survive.
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When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I’ll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don’t have,
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
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You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature.
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Love releases incredible energy that promotes the biochemistry of healing.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.
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You too are a work of art.
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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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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.
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When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
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When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. You find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.
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