Heidegger makes the distinction between being absorbed in the way things are in the world and being aware that things are in the world.
IRVIN D. YALOMThe spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
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The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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Pandora’s box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.
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Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?
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To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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The therapist can make the group feel safer by allowing each patient to set his or her limits and by emphasizing the patient’s control over every interaction.
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You know, I think everybody I’ve seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it’s very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They’re not really interested in the person, he doesn’t relate to the person.
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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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My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable.
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If I’m among men who don’t agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing myself.
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Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)
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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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Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.
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Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love.
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If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living.
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