One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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I love how Mother Theresa said she wouldn’t attend an anti-war rally but if there was a peace rally to call her. So I realized it’s not about waging a war against everybody’s disease and diagnosis but rather about helping them live.
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Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer?
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If you see what you do each day as your way of loving the world and helping it heal, then life gets to be a lot different. The difference between burning up and burning out is the difference between loving what you are doing and not loving it.
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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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To paraphrase something the anthropologist Ashley Montagu once said, the way I change my life is to act as if I’m the person I want to be. This is, to me, the simplest, wisest advice you can give anyone.
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You’ll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned:
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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There’s very little that shocks me because I consider life a miracle so I guess what shocks me is that life exists. How the hell did we get here? What shocks me is that bacteria alter their genes and resist antibiotics and viruses resist vaccines.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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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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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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I cannot guarantee that the orders you place with God will always be filled. Prayer is not a test of God, but a call for help to find your inner strength and talent.
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What if Jesus was the only normal person who ever lived?
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