Some piece of ourselves, not necessarily our consciousness, but some piece of ourselves gets passed on and on and on.
IRVIN D. YALOMYour greatest instrument is you, yourself, and the work of self-understanding is endless. I’m still learning.
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Mature love is loving, not being loved.
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Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us.
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If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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Your greatest instrument is you, yourself, and the work of self-understanding is endless. I’m still learning.
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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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Psychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish.
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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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Mirroring, softly, barely audibly, just under the membrane of consciousness.
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I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit.
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The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.
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All these things I’ve written so much about. That’s why I’ve made such a practice really, over and over to hammer home the point of self-revelation and being more of yourself and showing yourself. Every book I write I want to get that in there.
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Since then mountains and torrential rivers and whatever separates and alienates have been cast between us, and even if we wanted to get together, we couldn’t. But when you now think of that little footbridge, words fail you and you sob and marvel.
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Pandora’s box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.
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Death cures psychoneurosis. In a sense all these neurotic concerns–fear of rejection, interpersonal concerns–seem to melt away, and people get another perspective on their lives. The important things are really important, and the trivia of life is trivialized.
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Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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