It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
Bernie SiegelWhat a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: "Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example." She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
Bernie SiegelI 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 men with the same health problems.
Bernie SiegelIf God came in and said, I want you to be happy for the rest of your life, what would you do?
Bernie SiegelDiseases 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 SiegelSo you grow up with those messages, "You're a failure, you embarrass me, that's why I dress you in dark colors etc." or even when parents commit suicide, the child may think they were a failure as a child causing that. The majority of those people who weren't loved turn to drugs and alcohol and suicide.
Bernie Siegel