What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they’re going to die someday. There is no way out. And dying isn’t failure, but not living is, so make use of your time. Don’t keeping waiting.
BERNIE SIEGELPeople have taught me what most doctors don’t learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell them they’re doing very well and to keep it up.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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You too are a work of art.
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.
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What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
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The order of the words varies, but beer and ice are always two of the top four staples for sale. If we were all taking care of ourselves, wouldn’t the convenience stores compete for our dollars with signs that read “Fruit, Vegetables, Bread, Milk”?
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It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation.
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Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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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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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, ‘It’s only work if there’s someplace else you’d rather be.’
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Animal intuitives can diagnose an animal’s physical health problems by listening to the animals.
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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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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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