Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
BERNIE SIEGELYou 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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Disease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though few of us will win Olympic gold medals or slay dragons, disease can be the spark or gift that allows many of us to live out our personal myths and become heroes.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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If our wholeness is interrupted, then our health suffers, and we need to find a way to restore our sense of meaning. When we move in the direction of that meaning, we’re healing.
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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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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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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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We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
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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 grew up with sentiments such as, “Do what will make you happy, troubles are God’s redirections that something good will come from.
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If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing your eyes and mouth to experience darkness and silence.
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Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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