Our authority figures, particularly our parents are hypnotic. Their words are hypnotic literally to small children because of brain wave patterns.
BERNIE SIEGELDisease 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.
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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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I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
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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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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight 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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Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.
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I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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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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One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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