More from Irvin D. Yalom
Death, however, does itch. It itches all the time. It is always with us, scratching at some inner door.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom 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.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will be adherence to superstition. Dispelling ignorance is the only solution. That is why I teach.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom A curious thought experiment. . . Nietzsche’s message to us was to live life in such a way that we would be willing to repeat the same life eternally
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom I don’t let any personal views about religion cause me to want to take away something that’s offering the patient comfort.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom One doesn’t do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists tend to shy away from.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom There are borderlines and there are borderlines. Labels do violence to people. You can’t treat the label; you have to treat the person behind the label. (17)
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom I think we ripple on into others, just like a stone puts its ripples into a brook. That, for me, too, is a source of comfort. It kind of, in a sense, negates the sense of total oblivion.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom We project ourselves into the future through our children; we grow rich, famous, ever larger; we develop compulsive protective rituals; or we embrace an impregnable belief in an ultimate rescuer.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.
Irvin D. YalomIrvin D. Yalom
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Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
B. C. ForbesB. C. Forbes We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties.
Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani This is just one reason why I am thrilled to be working with the UN Environment as its Goodwill Ambassador.
Adrian GrenierAdrian Grenier All the Muslims are happy, and Godwilling this earthquake… will be felt right up to the White House.
Abol-Ghasem KashaniAbol-Ghasem Kashani So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the Kingdom of God in peace and goodwill.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Faults in English prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill.
Robert GravesRobert Graves Faults in English prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill.
Robert GravesRobert Graves My message to you is: build up physical strength not for aggression, not for militarism, but for becoming fighting fit, all your life and all the time in every walk of life of your nation wherever you be and always to be a force for peace, international amity and goodwill.
Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah
