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.
BERNIE SIEGELBy relaxation, I don’t mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I’m talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same changes happen automatically. The truth is: love heals.
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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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If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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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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Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
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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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Don’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.
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When 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.
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Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.
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It’s not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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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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