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.
IRVIN D. YALOMI 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.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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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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I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.
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Living safely is dangerous.
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Psychotherapy is a cyclical process from isolation into relationship. It is cyclical because the patient, in terror of existential isolation, relates deeply and meaningfully to the therapist and then, strengthened by this encounter, is led back again to a confrontation with existential isolation.
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If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive?
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Some piece of ourselves, not necessarily our consciousness, but some piece of ourselves gets passed on and on and on.
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To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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Pandora’s box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.
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Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.
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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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The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
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When we have forgotten ourselves and become absorbed in someone (or something) outside ourselves
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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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Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)
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Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.
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