I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
BERNIE SIEGELWhat 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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If a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid.
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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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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I once heard a man say he knew there was a God, he just didn’t think he needed Him. It is nice to take care of yourself and be independent, but it is also nice to know that you have a resource to rely on in times of need.
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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.
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As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient’s ability and desire to survive.
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Disease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though few of us will win Olympic gold medals or slay dragons, disease can be the spark or gift that allows many of us to live out our personal myths and become heroes.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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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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Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.
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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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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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