Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
BERNIE SIEGELI’ve learned to ask people, “You’re doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people.” So what’s made me who I am, my experience.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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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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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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You still won’t be perfect, but success isn’t about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.
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Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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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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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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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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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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Now we are a team and I have less to be concerned about. He organizes my schedule. I just follow it, and when He is taking a day off my wife steps in.
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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor’s office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey – ‘Here’s the lady who brought the roses’ vs. ‘Here’s the lung cancer.’
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