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.
BERNIE SIEGELThe words of love you hear, and the life you feel touching your body and soul, then you know you have discovered the great value of misfortune.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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Don’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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Each day becomes more meaningful, and your life is enhanced when your actions are guided by what inspires you.
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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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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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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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How will you know whether you are letting life teach you and nourish you? If your physical senses become more sensitive to the beauty you see.
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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’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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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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Feelings aroused by the touch of someones hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.
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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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