If our wholeness is interrupted, then our health suffers, and we need to find a way to restore our sense of meaning. When we move in the direction of that meaning, we’re healing.
BERNIE SIEGELWhat thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on?
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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The words of love you hear, and the life you feel touching your body and soul, then you know you have discovered the great value of misfortune.
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By relaxation, I don’t mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I’m talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.
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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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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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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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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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Animal intuitives can diagnose an animal’s physical health problems by listening to the animals.
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It’s the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.
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When 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.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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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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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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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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