Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
BERNIE SIEGELWhen he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, ‘It’s only work if there’s someplace else you’d rather be.’
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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And that material things are to make the world a better place” and the latter came from my father because his father died of tuberculosis when he was twelve. They had no insurance, six kids and a hell of a time surviving.
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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I learned to say, “You didn’t die when you were supposed to so what’s going on?”, and they always had a story to tell me.
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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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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
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Feelings aroused by the touch of someones hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.
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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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We have to create perfection through love
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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.
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If God came in and said, I want you to be happy for the rest of your life, what would you do?
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To me, God is an intelligent, loving, conscious energy and why do I say that? Well you need energy to create. You have to have a source. It’s undifferentiated energy which has intelligence or it couldn’t create.
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Do not go looking for problems to feed your soul. Just let life be your teacher. It will nourish you with its inevitable difficulties.
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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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