…the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
IRVIN D. YALOMDeath, however, does itch. It itches all the time. It is always with us, scratching at some inner door.
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A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
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… sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.
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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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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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Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?
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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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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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My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable.
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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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A free man who lives among the ignorant strives as far as he can to avoid their favors. A free man acts honestly, not deceptively.
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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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If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.
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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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