Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?
IRVIN D. YALOMIf you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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Living safely is dangerous.
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The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
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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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The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
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Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one’s life!
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Indeed, the evidence supporting the efficacy of group therapy, and the prevailing sentiment of the mental health profession, are sufficiently strong that it would be difficult to defend the adequacy of the inpatient unit that attempted to operate without a small group program.
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Psychotherapy is a cyclical process from isolation into relationship. It is cyclical because the patient, in terror of existential isolation, relates deeply and meaningfully to the therapist and then, strengthened by this encounter, is led back again to a confrontation with existential isolation.
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The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines.
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I thought a lot about how someone very old is the last living individual to have known some person or cluster of people.
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Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
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If I’m among men who don’t agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing myself.
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Psychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish.
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Hidden in disguise, leaking out in a variety of symptoms. It is the wellspring of many of our worries, stresses, and conflicts.
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When people don’t have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.
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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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