And if you do the latter, you’re not so worried about the everyday trivialities of life, for example, petty concerns about secrecy or privacy.
IRVIN D. YALOMSince 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.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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Mirroring, softly, barely audibly, just under the membrane of consciousness.
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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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Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us.
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Heidegger makes the distinction between being absorbed in the way things are in the world and being aware that things are in the world.
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If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living!
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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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If I had to pick out a therapist in a movie that I’d like to go see as a personal therapist, it would be Robin Williams in Goodwill Hunting.
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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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Living safely is dangerous.
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The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.
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I don’t let any personal views about religion cause me to want to take away something that’s offering the patient comfort.
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To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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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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He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)
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