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 SIEGELGetting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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There’s very little that shocks me because I consider life a miracle so I guess what shocks me is that life exists. How the hell did we get here? What shocks me is that bacteria alter their genes and resist antibiotics and viruses resist vaccines.
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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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What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
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Every time I jog through the world, I am awed by what I find. On a winter morning, when it seems too cold and slippery for safe jogging or bicycling, I can still go out and experience the glory of sunlight turning icy branches into strings of sparkling diamonds.
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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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Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them.
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In this view of the world, we spend the rest of our lives searching for wholeness and knowledge, wellness and health-the balance and harmony we lost when we were born.
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It’s not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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I would never have had if I’d been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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