A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
BERNIE SIEGELIf 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores where Stephen lives in Florida tell the story. Beer, ice, bread and milk are the big come-ons.
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My view of addiction, whether it’s drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my mother why I wasn’t a drug addict or alcoholic, which is because when you’re not loved.
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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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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control 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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I would never have had if I’d been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
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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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It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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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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Sure, bad things can happen in the tonow. But when bad things happen to children, they show us the way again, because they know how to be in touch with their feelings and needs.
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
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