Bernie Siegel Quotes

Sometimes I act off emotion, but I also try to speak my mind. Take it or leave it, really.

The body never lies.

I have a way of opening up people and gaining their trust. I think they can see my vulnerability because I'm unafraid to admit if something doesn't quite work.

In high school, I used to think it was "like sooooo cool" if a guy had an awesome car. Now none of that matters. These days I look for character and honesty and trust.

My body is a compass - and it does not lie.

The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.

When people show you who they are ... believe them!

I've got a pretty good idea what children are, and we're not children. Children can lose sometimes, and nobody cares.

Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when the realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.

It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.

Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all you are is a child yourself in a larger body. Nothing is ever what it seems. The things that you think you know are never certain. I know that now. I wish that I didn't, but I do.

He said to tell you to remember your heart in all things, that it is where your honor and your destiny will be found. Does it mean anything to you?' It is something he would say from time to time-that the eye could be misled, but that the heart was true.

In its natural state, the child tells the literal truth because it is too naive to think of anything else. Blurting out the complete truth is considered adorable in the young, right smack up to the moment that the child says, 'Mommy, is this the fat lady you can't stand?

It takes courage to recognize the real as opposed to the convenient.

We are all living this dance and it is clearly fraught with making choices. Lots of my choices are bad and that's normal. None of us are attractive at all times. What is attractive to me is authenticity.

Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.

When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive. In high school, I used to think it was "like sooooo cool" if a guy had an awesome car. Now none of that matters. These days I look for character and honesty and trust.

Maturity is reached the day we don't need to be lied to about anything.

There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.

Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.

Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.

Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.

I think I've always been aware of it with my music. I think growing up basically and having a lot to deal with and just slowing down and having something to say and something to retract from, I think I just knew that what I was doing was extremely honest.

In a recent issue of Parade Magazine when asked for "Advice for a Younger You," Glenn Close responded: "I'd tell myself to listen to my heart. Listen to that little voice that says, 'Mmm, I don't think so.' Because when you override that, you basically override who you are.