By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
BERNIE SIEGELOften 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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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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True inspiration overrides all fears. When you are inspired, you enter a trance state and can accomplish things that you may never have felt capable of doing.
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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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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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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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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.
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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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Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.
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I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
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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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At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.
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The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
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Do things to make your day precious.
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The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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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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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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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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