The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
BERNIE SIEGELFor me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.
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Feelings aroused by the touch of someones hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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Do not go looking for problems to feed your soul. Just let life be your teacher. It will nourish you with its inevitable difficulties.
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Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.
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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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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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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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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 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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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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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on?
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What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they’re going to die someday. There is no way out. And dying isn’t failure, but not living is, so make use of your time. Don’t keeping waiting.
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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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To me, God is an intelligent, loving, conscious energy and why do I say that? Well you need energy to create. You have to have a source. It’s undifferentiated energy which has intelligence or it couldn’t create.
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Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.
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