I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.
IRVIN D. YALOMHe had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)
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Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
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Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one’s life!
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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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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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Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)
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Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us.
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A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
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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.
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Heidegger makes the distinction between being absorbed in the way things are in the world and being aware that things are in the world.
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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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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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The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
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Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the invaluable prerogative of being allowed to imprint its doctrines on the mind at a tender age of childhood, whereby they become almost innate ideas.
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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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One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself.
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