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.
IRVIN D. YALOMEvery person must choose how much truth he can stand.
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If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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…the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
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You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will be adherence to superstition. Dispelling ignorance is the only solution. That is why I teach.
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Mirroring, softly, barely audibly, just under the membrane of consciousness.
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Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them.
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Death cures psychoneurosis. In a sense all these neurotic concerns–fear of rejection, interpersonal concerns–seem to melt away, and people get another perspective on their lives. The important things are really important, and the trivia of life is trivialized.
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Only free man are genuinely useful to one another and can form true friendships. And it’s absolutely permissible, by the highest right of Nature, for everyone to employ clear reason to determine how to live in a way that will allow him to flourish.
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To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.
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To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.
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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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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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One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself.
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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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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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