The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines.
IRVIN D. YALOMLife is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.
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Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.
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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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Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual.
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Some piece of ourselves, not necessarily our consciousness, but some piece of ourselves gets passed on and on and on.
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The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
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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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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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If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.
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To the best of my knowledge, every acute inpatient ward offers some inpatient group therapy experience.
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A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we have transcended ourselves.
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Mature love is loving, not being loved.
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… sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.
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Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you’ll always find despair.
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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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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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