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Reality always creeps in–the reality of our helplessness and our mortality; the reality that, despite our reach for the stars, a creaturely fate awaits us.

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Living safely is dangerous.
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To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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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.
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What? ‘Borderline patients play games’? That what you said? Ernest, you’ll never be a real therapist if you think like that. That’s exactly what I meant earlier when I talked about the dangers of diagnosis.
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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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We take pleasure not only in the growth of our patient but also in the ripple effect—the salutary influence our patients have upon those whom they touch in life.
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Only free man are genuinely useful to one another and can form true friendships. And it’s absolutely permissible, by the highest right of Nature, for everyone to employ clear reason to determine how to live in a way that will allow him to flourish.
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…the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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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.
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Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
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If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.
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If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.
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Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it.
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A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
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Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward the needs and growth of the other.
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When people don’t have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.
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