When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
BERNIE SIEGELIf a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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We have to create perfection through love
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When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I’ll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don’t have,
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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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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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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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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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To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
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I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.
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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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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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When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on.
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We are here to feel, wonder and gaze in awe at the world. Instead of just teaching our children how to use things and do things, I suggest we nourish their sense of wonder.
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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Sure, bad things can happen in the tonow. But when bad things happen to children, they show us the way again, because they know how to be in touch with their feelings and needs.
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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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