93 Quotes by Bernie S. Siegel

Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see.

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.

I’ve learned to ask people, “You’re doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people.” So what’s made me who I am, my experience.

Every time I jog through the world, I am awed by what I find. On a winter morning, when it seems too cold and slippery for safe jogging or bicycling, I can still go out and experience the glory of sunlight turning icy branches into strings of sparkling diamonds.

When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on.

I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way.

You too are a work of art.

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

The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.