Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.
BERNIE SIEGELThose who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other.
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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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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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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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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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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I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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Do things to make your day precious.
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We have to create perfection through love
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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.
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And that material things are to make the world a better place” and the latter came from my father because his father died of tuberculosis when he was twelve. They had no insurance, six kids and a hell of a time surviving.
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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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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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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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I once heard a man say he knew there was a God, he just didn’t think he needed Him. It is nice to take care of yourself and be independent, but it is also nice to know that you have a resource to rely on in times of need.
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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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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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I learned to say, “You didn’t die when you were supposed to so what’s going on?”, and they always had a story to tell me.
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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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Do not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
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One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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Do not go looking for problems to feed your soul. Just let life be your teacher. It will nourish you with its inevitable difficulties.
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