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Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help."

The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)"

Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)




Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic."

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain."

If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.




Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another."

To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind."

Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death."

Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.




Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign."

When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair."

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "... sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past."

... sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Living safely is dangerous."

Living safely is dangerous.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices."

The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.




Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?"

Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Mature love is loving, not being loved."

Mature love is loving, not being loved.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another."

I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible."

To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident."

Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude."

Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire."

If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "...the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety. The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death."

...the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety. The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us."

Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living."

Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit."

Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "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"

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



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it."

Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer"

Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety."

The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself."

One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Life is a miserable thing. I have decided to spend my life thinking about it."

Life is a miserable thing. I have decided to spend my life thinking about it.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "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."

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.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety."

The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "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."

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.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines."

The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "To the extent that one is responsible for one's life, one is alone."

To the extent that one is responsible for one's life, one is alone.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them."

Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one's life!"

Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one's life!



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "He 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)"

He 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)



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Despite the staunchest, most venerable defenses, we can never completely subdue death anxiety: it is always there, lurking in some hidden ravine of the mind."

Despite the staunchest, most venerable defenses, we can never completely subdue death anxiety: it is always there, lurking in some hidden ravine of the mind.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living!"

If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living!



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else."

The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws."

I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "One doesn't do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists tend to shy away from."

One doesn't do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists tend to shy away from.



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Someone's got to do some more research, but I would really like to know: when a CBT therapist really gets distressed, who does he go see?"

Someone's got to do some more research, but I would really like to know: when a CBT therapist really gets distressed, who does he go see?



Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "Credinta, oricat de pasionata, de pura, de arzatoare, nu spune absolut nimic despre realitatea existentei lui Dumnezeu"

Credinta, oricat de pasionata, de pura, de arzatoare, nu spune absolut nimic despre realitatea existentei lui Dumnezeu




Irvin D. Yalom Quotes: "The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived."

The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.