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Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.

Bernie Siegel

Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
BERNIE SIEGEL

House Life Pet Reverence
What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they’re going to die someday. There is no way out. And dying isn’t failure, but not living is, so make use of your time. Don’t keeping waiting.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Healthy People Waiting
I once heard a man say he knew there was a God, he just didn’t think he needed Him. It is nice to take care of yourself and be independent, but it is also nice to know that you have a resource to rely on in times of need.
BERNIE SIEGEL

God Heard Independent Nice One Think
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.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Changes Globulin Happen Kill Killer Patient Themselves
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.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Discover Great Know Love Misfortune Touching
You too are a work of art.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Art Esteem Self Works
One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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Attitude Healing Important
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.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Again Become Life Rediscover Rest Sleep
When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Forgiving Unforgivable Unlovable
I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Blessed Feel Oppurtunity Others
Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Faces Mean Medicine
I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor’s office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey – ‘Here’s the lady who brought the roses’ vs. ‘Here’s the lung cancer.’
BERNIE SIEGEL

Boys Bring Cancer Doctors Office
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.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Doctors Giving People Something Up
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.”
BERNIE SIEGEL

Happy Heart Jobs Learn Mother Optimistic
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.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Being Jobs Success Yourself
Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Heal Hope Offer Potential

Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.

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