Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
BERNIE SIEGELYou will notice at times that the new life isn’t what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn’t how I define prayer.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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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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If 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.
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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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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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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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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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Our Creator has given us five senses to help us survive threats from the external world, and a sixth sense, our healing system, to help us survive internal threats.
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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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Don’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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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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People have taught me what most doctors don’t learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell them they’re doing very well and to keep it up.
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