Bernie S. Siegel Quotes

Of course, we often think we have to get sick literally in order to get the rest or pleasure we need in our lives. Bobbie and I therefore taught our children when they were younger that if they needed a day off from school, they should just say that and take a health day, not a sick day. That made them look at life differently. I think all of us need to rethink our attitudes toward health and sickness.

~ Bernie S. Siegel

Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

~ Bernie S. Siegel

In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.

~ Bernie S. Siegel

In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.

~ Bernie S. Siegel

Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides the job is taken.

~ Bernie S. Siegel

It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.

~ Bernie S. Siegel

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

~ Bernie S. Siegel

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.

~ Bernie S. Siegel