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.
BERNIE SIEGELI 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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I heard that when I had grown up and had no idea of the whole story because the family album had pictures of a covered carriage and my mother smiling so I assumed I was asleep.
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At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
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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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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer?
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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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 irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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The 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.
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My view of addiction, whether it’s drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my mother why I wasn’t a drug addict or alcoholic, which is because when you’re not loved.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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