Bernie Siegel Quotes

Every single one of us needs hope.

Without imagination and without love, life can be pretty bleak. I think having both will get you through the most dire of situations.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better.

Palestinian people are in love with life.

There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.'

While there's life, there's hope.

My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

It doesn't matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ, you have everything.

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.

I love life too much to be bitter.

Even in the middle of tragedy, we find moments of humor, moments of tenderness, of simple happiness.

At the end of the day, we should all be trying to spread love and positivity, and that's what faith continues to do for me. It keeps me balanced.

Whatever be the depth of woe Along the path that I must go, I'll sing my song— My song of joy for all the love That's lavished on us from above, And count no loss of treasure-trove When things go wrong. I'll sing the sunlight, and the bright Soft smiling stars that gem the night; For gifts of good That God hath spread along my way, The lilt of birds in tuneful play, The harvests full and flowers gay, The whole day long I'll sing my song Of gratitude!

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.

You can never give up. With love, anything is possible.

Hope survives best at the hearth.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.

No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.