Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
BERNIE SIEGELWhen 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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If a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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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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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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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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It’s not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.
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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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God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other.
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If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, “What would make me happy?” In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn’t work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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As one woman told me, “When I decided to come in to work happy, everybody around me became happy.” This woman had decided to quit a job she hated, and on the last day of her two weeks’ notice, she woke up happy.
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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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To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
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