The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
BERNIE SIEGELOne’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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I heard that when I had grown up and had no idea of the whole story because the family album had pictures of a covered carriage and my mother smiling so I assumed I was asleep.
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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What 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.
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We have to create perfection through love
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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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I would never have had if I’d been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
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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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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn.
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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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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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You too are a work of art.
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