“Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.” JobsTakenDoctorsBusyQualificationsPlaying God Author:Bernie Siegel
“Traditional doctors say I'm a mystic. I don't deny it.” DoctorsDenyTraditionalMystic Author:Bernie Siegel
“I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.” ReasonSchoolWishBecomingHealthyDoctorsMedicalUnhealthyMedical SchoolBecoming A Doctor Author:Bernie Siegel
“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.” DesireAbilityDoctorsPatientCommunicateRelateOur Words Author:Bernie Siegel
“I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor's office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey - 'Here's the lady who brought the roses' vs. 'Here's the lung cancer.'” KnowsNextForgetBoysOfficeDoctorsRosePatientCancerHeyDozenLungsLung Cancer Author:Bernie Siegel
“I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.” PeopleGivingJoyDiesMinutesDivineProveGiving UpDoctorsAngryCuresHopefulNo Hope Book:365 Prescriptions for the Soul: Daily Messages of Inspiration, Hope, and Love Source: 365 Prescriptions for the Soul: Daily Messages of Inspiration, Hope, and Love
“The doctor that acts out of love doesn't burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.” MayDoctorsTiredBurn Out Author:Bernie Siegel
“I'm sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing. Most of all however, I think it was the love that was given to me unconditionally and I felt that my whole life. It certainly wasn't that my parents always liked what I was doing, even my becoming a doctor, my father preferred I went into business so he could help me, but I wanted to be a doctor.” ThinkingMatterWholeHelpingBigsKidsWantedFatherGivenFeltParentBrainGrowingBecomingDoctorsNo Matter WhatWhole LifeDevelopingHelp MeInfantMassageBecoming A Doctor Author:Bernie Siegel
“I grew up caring about people and I would say again, that's what made me who I am. I became a doctor for what I like to call "healthy reasons." Not because I'm fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn't help everyone, I couldn't fix everyone.” PeopleWantHumansMadeReasonHelpingProblemBodyGrewHealthyGrew UpDoctorsCaringWho I AmFascinatedHuman Body Author:Bernie Siegel
“People have taught me what most doctors don't learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell them they're doing very well and to keep it up. I learned to say, "You didn't die when you were supposed to so what's going on?", and they always had a story to tell me.” PeopleWellsDoeStoriesDiesTaughtDoctorsExpected Author:Bernie Siegel
“You can see people draw the past, present and future as well as dream about it. You go to bed at night and have a dream that says there's a lump in your right breast and the doctor who is foreign, with an accent tells you it's cancer.” PeopleWellsDreamPastNightBedDrawsDoctorsCancerBreastsAccentsDoctor WhoLumpsPast PresentPast Present And Future Author:Bernie Siegel
“I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.” FeelsMistakeDoctorsPatientExcuseNurse Author:Bernie Siegel
