Rather, love is a way of being, a “giving to,” not a ‘falling for”; a mode of relating at large, not an act limited to a single person.
IRVIN D. YALOMA 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
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we have transcended ourselves.
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Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms.
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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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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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The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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Some have expressed the very opposite feeling–the fear that they would not be interesting enough to write about.
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It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one’s germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!
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Living safely is dangerous.
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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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Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.
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If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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Your greatest instrument is you, yourself, and the work of self-understanding is endless. I’m still learning.
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If I had to pick out a therapist in a movie that I’d like to go see as a personal therapist, it would be Robin Williams in Goodwill Hunting.
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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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