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Physicians need to be good technicians and know how to prescribe, but for healing to occur they also need to incorporate philosophy and spirituality into their treatment. We need to feel as well as think.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Also Feel Good Healing How Incorporate Know Need Occur Philosophy Physicians Prescribe Spirituality Technicians Think Treatment Well

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The doctor I would want for myself or for anyone else I cared about would be one who understands that disease is more than just a clinical entity; it is an experience and a metaphor, with a message that must be listened to.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: About Anyone Anyone Else Cared Clinical Disease Doctor Else Entity Experience Just Listened Message Metaphor More Must Myself Than Understands Want Who Would

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Society should see parenting as a public health issue and help parents to bring their children up feeling loved. We have birthing classes, but no parenting classes. The latter is desperately needed if we are to avoid self-destruction.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Avoid Bring Children Classes Desperately Feeling Health Help Issue Latter Loved Needed Parenting Parents Public Public Health See Self-Destruction Should Society Up

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Traditional doctors say I'm a mystic. I don't deny it.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Deny Doctors Mystic Say Traditional

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The thing you see in survivors is that they express feelings - I won't say some of the things they tell their doctors, when doctors tell them they're going to die in six months. Boy, do they let the doctor know how they feel about that statement.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: About Boy Die Doctor Doctors Express Feel Feelings Going How Know Months Say See Six Some Statement Survivors Tell Them Thing Things You

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The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they become blessings to society, as a life threatening disease is to an individual, by teaching us about the meaning of our life and existence?

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: About Become Blessings Deal Difficulties Disease Existence How Individual Learn Life Meaning Meaning Of Our Question Society Teaching Them Threatening Threats Us Will

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There have been many dreams which have been personal guides for me.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Been Dreams Guides Many Me Personal Which

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For me, consciousness is non-local, not limited to the body, and can exist independent of it.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Body Consciousness Exist Independent Limited Me

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As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient's ability and desire to survive.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Ability Communicate Desire Doctors Our Patient Power Relate Survive To Survive Trained Understand Words

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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 you a favor.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Body Doing End Far Favor Life Love Loves Sooner Thinking Will You Your Your Body

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 14th, 1932

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