The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
IRVIN D. YALOMSome piece of ourselves, not necessarily our consciousness, but some piece of ourselves gets passed on and on and on.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
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To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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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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The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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… sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.
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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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Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms.
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Pandora’s box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.
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Despite the staunchest, most venerable defenses, we can never completely subdue death anxiety: it is always there, lurking in some hidden ravine of the mind.
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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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Rather, love is a way of being, a “giving to,” not a ‘falling for”; a mode of relating at large, not an act limited to a single person.
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Mature love is loving, not being loved.
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To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.
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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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If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.
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