By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
BERNIE SIEGELMy view of addiction, whether it’s drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my mother why I wasn’t a drug addict or alcoholic, which is because when you’re not loved.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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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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Don’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, “What would make me happy?” In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn’t work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs.
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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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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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God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other.
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It brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today’s events will bring.
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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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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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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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What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
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