Bernie Siegel Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Life is a miracle, and we need to not fear trying to achieve our potential and reveal the remarkable creation we and all living things are and that our Creator has built into us the ability to induce self-healing.”

“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.”

“I use music in the operating room to help create a healing environment for patients and staff. There is a reason that certain heart rates are healthy and certain beats of music heal and relax us.”

“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.”

“Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.”

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

“I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.”

“If you talk to your body, it will listen.”

“Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians change lives with their words. It is hypnotic for a child or patient to hear an authority figure's words. As I am always sharing, 'wordswordswords' can become 'swordswordswords,' and we can kill or cure with either words or swords.”

“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.”