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.
BERNIE SIEGELHow 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, “What would make me happy?” In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn’t work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs.
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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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What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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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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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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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
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You too are a work of art.
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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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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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Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.
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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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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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I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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