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.
IRVIN D. YALOMWe 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.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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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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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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Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us.
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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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I never want to take away something when I don’t have anything better to offer him in a way.
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Life is a miserable thing. I have decided to spend my life thinking about it.
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Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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When people don’t have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.
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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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…the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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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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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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The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else.
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As we reach the crest of life and look at the path before us, we apprehend that the path no longer ascends but slopes downward toward decline and diminishment. From that point on, concerns about death are never far from mind.
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I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.
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