I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.
IRVIN D. YALOMWhen we have forgotten ourselves and become absorbed in someone (or something) outside ourselves
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Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one’s life!
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I feel strongly, because a man who will himself die one day in the not to distant future and, also, as a psychiatrist who spent decades dealing with death anxiety, that confronting death allows us, not to open some noisome.
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…the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.
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The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
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When we have forgotten ourselves and become absorbed in someone (or something) outside ourselves
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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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If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.
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To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.
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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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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it’s like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful. And if possible, get into therapy at different stages of their life with different kinds of therapists just to sample a bit.
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Some have expressed the very opposite feeling–the fear that they would not be interesting enough to write about.
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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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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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