Disease 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.
BERNIE SIEGELIf 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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I love how Mother Theresa said she wouldn’t attend an anti-war rally but if there was a peace rally to call her. So I realized it’s not about waging a war against everybody’s disease and diagnosis but rather about helping them live.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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Each day becomes more meaningful, and your life is enhanced when your actions are guided by what inspires you.
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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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Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die.
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Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day.
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Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor’s office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey – ‘Here’s the lady who brought the roses’ vs. ‘Here’s the lung cancer.’
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I 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.
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We have to create perfection through love
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