Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it.
IRVIN D. YALOMYour greatest instrument is you, yourself, and the work of self-understanding is endless. I’m still learning.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by this dynamic. One’s own fear and sense of limitation is avoided by enlarging oneself and one’s sphere of control.
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Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one’s life!
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Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
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The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
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The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.
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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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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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Mature love is loving, not being loved.
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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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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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To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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Life is a miserable thing. I have decided to spend my life thinking about it.
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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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Living safely is dangerous.
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I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.
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