Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
BERNIE SIEGELI had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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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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When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on.
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You’ll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned:
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When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. You find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.
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The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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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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I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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At the end of the day, she noticed that everybody around her was happy, too- so she didn’t quit after all. She decided to come to work happy instead. Two years later, she’s still on the job, radiating happiness and love.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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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.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores where Stephen lives in Florida tell the story. Beer, ice, bread and milk are the big come-ons.
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