I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.
BERNIE SIEGELOur authority figures, particularly our parents are hypnotic. Their words are hypnotic literally to small children because of brain wave patterns.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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How will you know whether you are letting life teach you and nourish you? If your physical senses become more sensitive to the beauty you see.
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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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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.
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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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I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.
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Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer?
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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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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all suffering will cease.
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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
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