Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
BERNIE SIEGELStories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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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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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die.
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Miracles and angels are a part of our lives, so anticipate them and tune in through your quiet mind.
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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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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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The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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You can see people draw the past, present and future as well as dream about it. You go to bed at night and have a dream that says there’s a lump in your right breast and the doctor who is foreign, with an accent tells you it’s cancer.
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We have to create perfection through love
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When 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.’
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I grew up with sentiments such as, “Do what will make you happy, troubles are God’s redirections that something good will come from.
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Money, financial matters were to help people, to help them survive, not to have a bigger house or a bigger car and that sort of thing, because I hear that from so many kids, they often don’t know why their father won’t spend more time with them.
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Do things to make your day precious.
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What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on?
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