Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
BERNIE SIEGELStudies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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Money, financial matters were to help people, to help them survive, not to have a bigger house or a bigger car and that sort of thing, because I hear that from so many kids, they often don’t know why their father won’t spend more time with them.
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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The Secret Language of Your Body truly is the essential guide to restore your body to its healthiest state and assist you to heal your life.
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We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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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 you are used to fending entirely for yourself, then when a catastrophe occurs you will expend a lot of energy looking for help at a time when you need your energy looking for help at a time when you need your energy for creative work.
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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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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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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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Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.
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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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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.
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I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
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