Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)
IRVIN D. YALOMSome sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.
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None of my patients are really troubled by the idea that some part of what they say might be in a book in the future.
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Living safely is dangerous.
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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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Pandora’s box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.
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Hidden in disguise, leaking out in a variety of symptoms. It is the wellspring of many of our worries, stresses, and conflicts.
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I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit.
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I thought a lot about how someone very old is the last living individual to have known some person or cluster of people.
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Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.
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Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.
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I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.
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A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
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There are borderlines and there are borderlines. Labels do violence to people. You can’t treat the label; you have to treat the person behind the label. (17)
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