Some have expressed the very opposite feeling–the fear that they would not be interesting enough to write about.
IRVIN D. YALOMLive your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don’t leave any unlived life behind.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living!
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The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else.
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The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.
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Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.
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Despite the staunchest, most venerable defenses, we can never completely subdue death anxiety: it is always there, lurking in some hidden ravine of the mind.
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To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.
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If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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Pandora’s box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.
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This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortality. Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge that we will grow, blossom, and, inevitably, diminish and die.
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Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love.
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Many people are in despair because their dreams didn’t come true, and they despair even more that they did not make them come true.
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To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.
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The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.
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Living safely is dangerous.
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Death, however, does itch. It itches all the time. It is always with us, scratching at some inner door.
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