No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
BERNIE SIEGELI 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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we are doing God’s work. So God dresses in Eskimo clothing or other disguises, and responds to us whether or not we are aware enough to hear, see, or feel God’s loving guidance. Everything is a tool of God, from DNA to the weather.
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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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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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Love releases incredible energy that promotes the biochemistry of healing.
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It brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today’s events will bring.
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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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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same changes happen automatically. The truth is: love heals.
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You are in charge of your thoughts and feelings. If you are willing to search for the reason that you can’t let go of disturbing thoughts, you can learn about yourself and restore your own peace of mind.
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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
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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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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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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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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
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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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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die.
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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.
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Do not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
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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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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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The Secret Language of Your Body truly is the essential guide to restore your body to its healthiest state and assist you to heal your life.
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The order of the words varies, but beer and ice are always two of the top four staples for sale. If we were all taking care of ourselves, wouldn’t the convenience stores compete for our dollars with signs that read “Fruit, Vegetables, Bread, Milk”?
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