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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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A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
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I think we ripple on into others, just like a stone puts its ripples into a brook. That, for me, too, is a source of comfort. It kind of, in a sense, negates the sense of total oblivion.
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One reason patients are reluctant to work in a therapy group is they fear that things will go too far, that the powerful therapist or the collective group might coerce them to lose control–to say or think or feel things that will be catastrophic.
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We 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.
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Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
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Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it.
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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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Just as you were about to step on it, I asked you “Do you want to cross the footbridge to me?” – Immediately you did not want to anymore; and when I asked you again you remained silent.
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Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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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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The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.
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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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The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
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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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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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Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the invaluable prerogative of being allowed to imprint its doctrines on the mind at a tender age of childhood, whereby they become almost innate ideas.
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