Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.
IRVIN D. YALOMThe act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.
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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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… sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.
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I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.
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Pandora’s box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.
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Were not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams.
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If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive?
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Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines.
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Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don’t leave any unlived life behind.
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There was a time in our lives when we were so close that nothing seemed to obstruct our friendship and brotherhood, and only a small footbridge separated us.
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Mature love is loving, not being loved.
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Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
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The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by this dynamic. One’s own fear and sense of limitation is avoided by enlarging oneself and one’s sphere of control.
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Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it.
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Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living.
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