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 SIEGELWe destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I’ll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don’t have,
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To paraphrase something the anthropologist Ashley Montagu once said, the way I change my life is to act as if I’m the person I want to be. This is, to me, the simplest, wisest advice you can give anyone.
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Remember this: Now is the only time you have. When God created the universe, it was now. You can’t say to creation and energy, “I’ll do it later, not now.” Later doesn’t exist. Creation doesn’t know anything but now.
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You still won’t be perfect, but success isn’t about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.
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Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
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Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day.
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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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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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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