When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
BERNIE SIEGELDoctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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Animal intuitives can diagnose an animal’s physical health problems by listening to the animals.
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Sure, bad things can happen in the tonow. But when bad things happen to children, they show us the way again, because they know how to be in touch with their feelings and needs.
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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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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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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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Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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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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If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same changes happen automatically. The truth is: love heals.
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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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I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.
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Money, financial matters were to help people, to help them survive, not to have a bigger house or a bigger car and that sort of thing, because I hear that from so many kids, they often don’t know why their father won’t spend more time with them.
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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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What if Jesus was the only normal person who ever lived?
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