It’s not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.
BERNIE SIEGELRemember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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The Secret Language of Your Body truly is the essential guide to restore your body to its healthiest state and assist you to heal your life.
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Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.
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we are doing God’s work. So God dresses in Eskimo clothing or other disguises, and responds to us whether or not we are aware enough to hear, see, or feel God’s loving guidance. Everything is a tool of God, from DNA to the weather.
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When you accept that you are not in charge of everything, you can begin to work with the one who really is in charge. This has been my experience; when I accepted that I was not in charge and started to work with someone else’s plan, the Boss showed up.
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By relaxation, I don’t mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I’m talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.
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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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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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My 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.
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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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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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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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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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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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