When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. You find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.
BERNIE SIEGELWhen you accept that you are not in charge of everything, you can begin to work with the one who really is in charge. This has been my experience; when I accepted that I was not in charge and started to work with someone else’s plan, the Boss showed up.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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Often people become an addict and self destructive. Now the opposite of love is indifference and even worse is rejection and abuse, and I meet those people.
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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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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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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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Each day becomes more meaningful, and your life is enhanced when your actions are guided by what inspires you.
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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.
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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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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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Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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