A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive. Bernie Siegel More Quotes by Bernie Siegel More Quotes From Bernie Siegel I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system. 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. Bernie Siegel changetruthlove Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out. 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. Bernie Siegel life-changingthanksgivingattitude Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way. Bernie Siegel adversityspiritualmeaningful I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet - each of us in our own way Bernie Siegel i-believebelieveway One's attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well. Bernie Siegel importanthealingattitude If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. Bernie Siegel adversityencouragementnature God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all suffering will cease. Bernie Siegel compassionsufferingperfect You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn't try to be a tiger, and you shouldn't try to be something you aren't. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature. 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. Bernie Siegel being-yourselfsuccessjobs Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation. Bernie Siegel selfchallengesopportunity When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems. You will notice at times that the new life isn't what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn't how I define prayer. I cannot guarantee that the orders you place with God will always be filled. Prayer is not a test of God, but a call for help to find your inner strength and talent. Bernie Siegel guarantees-thatprayerorder You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order. Bernie Siegel orderworld Compliments are the helium that fills everyone's balloon; they elevate the person receiving them so he or she can fly over life's troubles and land safely on the other side. Bernie Siegel receivinglandpositive 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. You'll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned: Those who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears. Bernie Siegel eyebeautifullove 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. Bernie Siegel diseasemotherwar Love is giving with no expectations...Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved. Bernie Siegel lovetwopeople Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors. Bernie Siegel strongheartmean As one woman told me, "When I decided to come in to work happy, everybody around me became happy." This woman had decided to quit a job she hated, and on the last day of her two weeks' notice, she woke up happy. At the end of the day, she noticed that everybody around her was happy, too- so she didn't quit after all. She decided to come to work happy instead. Two years later, she's still on the job, radiating happiness and love. Bernie Siegel workjobsyears Bobby and I were married in 1954 and by now we know that anger does not mean "I don't love you" or "I want a divorce." It means, "I am wounded and in need of love, and I feel safe telling you about it because you are my family." Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby. Bernie Siegel angerlove-youbaby Act as if you are the person you want to be. Bernie Siegel self-conceptpersonswant Love releases incredible energy that promotes the biochemistry of healing. Bernie Siegel incrediblesenergyhealing
