At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
BERNIE SIEGELIt takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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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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We are here to feel, wonder and gaze in awe at the world. Instead of just teaching our children how to use things and do things, I suggest we nourish their sense of wonder.
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Love releases incredible energy that promotes the biochemistry of healing.
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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’ve learned to ask people, “You’re doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people.” So what’s made me who I am, my experience.
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Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.
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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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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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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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You are in charge of your thoughts and feelings. If you are willing to search for the reason that you can’t let go of disturbing thoughts, you can learn about yourself and restore your own peace of mind.
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