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.
BERNIE SIEGELTraditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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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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You still won’t be perfect, but success isn’t about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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Sure, bad things can happen in the tonow. But when bad things happen to children, they show us the way again, because they know how to be in touch with their feelings and needs.
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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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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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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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When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. You find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.
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When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
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I learned to say, “You didn’t die when you were supposed to so what’s going on?”, and they always had a story to tell me.
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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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