Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
BERNIE SIEGELI 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
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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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Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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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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Now we are a team and I have less to be concerned about. He organizes my schedule. I just follow it, and when He is taking a day off my wife steps in.
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It’s hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don’t have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription:
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Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, ‘It’s only work if there’s someplace else you’d rather be.’
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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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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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