And that material things are to make the world a better place” and the latter came from my father because his father died of tuberculosis when he was twelve. They had no insurance, six kids and a hell of a time surviving.
BERNIE SIEGELA surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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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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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 love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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Those who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears.
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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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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I grew up with sentiments such as, “Do what will make you happy, troubles are God’s redirections that something good will come from.
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Animal intuitives can diagnose an animal’s physical health problems by listening to the animals.
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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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We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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If a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid.
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Often people become an addict and self destructive. Now the opposite of love is indifference and even worse is rejection and abuse, and I meet those people.
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