If a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid.
BERNIE SIEGELThe doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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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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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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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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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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Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.
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I would never have had if I’d been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
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If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing your eyes and mouth to experience darkness and silence.
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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
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You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature.
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When you wake up and act like a loving person, you realize not only that you are altered, but that the people around you are also transformed, because everybody is changed by the reception of this love.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. You find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to 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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