Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?
IRVIN D. YALOMMarriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave 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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Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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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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If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.
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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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A curious thought experiment. . . Nietzsche’s message to us was to live life in such a way that we would be willing to repeat the same life eternally
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Were not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams.
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To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
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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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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it’s like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful. And if possible, get into therapy at different stages of their life with different kinds of therapists just to sample a bit.
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The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.
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Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.
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Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one’s life!
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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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