You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to define and open up these new frontiers. In this sense he is in the best medical tradition.

Pessimism is a waste of time.

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.

Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus-it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology.

Second only to freedom, learning is the most precious option on earth.

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.