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Life Quotes by Bernie Siegel

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Bernie Siegel reminds us to follow our own experience and not let small doubts change how we live. He says relationships give life meaning and that we should do things to enjoy living, not just to avoid dying. He also notes that pain can be a teacher, and that healing is different from simply curing a body.

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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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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.

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Life is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way.

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Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.

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If you love people, you'll enjoy your life. If you don't, you won't love anything you do.

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Life is a labor pain; we are here to give birth to ourself.

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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.

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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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To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.

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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing…

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Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us…

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One cannot get through life without pain...What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.

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I decided to become a surgeon named Bernie who writes books and gives seminars to teach people what he has learned and…

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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…

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Compliments are the helium that fills everyone's balloon; they elevate the person receiving them so he or she can fly over life's…

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Patients want to be seen as people. For me, the person's life comes first; the disease is simply one aspect of it,…

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It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction. We get lots of information about life but little education…

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We're all here for a limited amount of time, and life is difficult - not unfair, but difficult. The key is to…

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I have always made a distinction between healing and curing. To me, 'healed' represents a condition of one's life; 'cured' relates strictly…

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Do not go looking for problems to feed your soul. Just let life be your teacher. It will nourish you with its…

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When your heart speaks to you about what you need to do to sustain life on this planet, listen to it, make…

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When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become…

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God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements.…

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Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be…

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When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems. You will…

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Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.

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It's not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.

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Don't do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.

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Don't try to help people to 'not die', help them to enjoy life!

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If God came in and said, I want you to be happy for the rest of your life, what would you do?

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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities. Each day becomes more meaningful, and your life…

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Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's…

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Life is full of painful events, and people who have lost their way and hurt others. Our pain is not lessened when…

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There's very little that shocks me because I consider life a miracle so I guess what shocks me is that life exists.…

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To paraphrase something the anthropologist Ashley Montagu once said, the way I change my life is to act as if I'm the…

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Remember this: Now is the only time you have. When God created the universe, it was now. You can't say to creation…

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Life is a miracle, and we need to not fear trying to achieve our potential and reveal the remarkable creation we and…

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If I were rewriting 'Love, Medicine & Miracles,' I might consider changing its title to 'The Side Effects of Cancer.' Healing is…

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Today I am amazed at the things our children have done and their wide range of interests. They are all living their…

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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.

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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…

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Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.

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When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become grateful again.…