Irvin D. Yalom Quotes

Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Irvin D. Yalom

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. Irvin D. Yalom Quotes

Irvin D. Yalom Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Irvin D. Yalom on Wise Famous Quotes.

Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written. I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: More in love with desire than with the desired! More in love with desire than with the desired!
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: We cannot avoid this responsibility, this freedom. We cannot avoid this responsibility, this freedom.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Too often, we therapists neglect our personal relationships. Our work becomes our life. Too often, we therapists neglect our personal relationships. Our work becomes our life.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: The more the therapist is able to tolerate the anxiety of not knowing, the less need there is for the therapist to embrace orthodoxy. The more the therapist is able to tolerate the anxiety of not knowing, the less need there is for the therapist to embrace orthodoxy.
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: How much of life have I missed, he wondered, simply by failing to look? Or by looking and not seeing? How much of life have I missed, he wondered, simply by failing to look? Or by looking and not seeing?
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I have others who rob me of my solitude, and yet do not truly offer me company. I have others who rob me of my solitude, and yet do not truly offer me company.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: It is easier, far easier, to obey another than to command oneself. It is easier, far easier, to obey another than to command oneself.
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: He who would be everything cannot be anything.) He who would be everything cannot be anything.)
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: 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: 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: 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: Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he'd spend several of these hours sharpening his ax. Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he'd spend several of these hours sharpening his ax.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Use of masturbation as a way of soothing yourself to ward off death anxiety so you can fall asleep. Use of masturbation as a way of soothing yourself to ward off death anxiety so you can fall asleep.
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: I've always regarded therapy more as a calling than a profession, a way of life for people who care about others. I've always regarded therapy more as a calling than a profession, a way of life for people who care about others.
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: Each time a goal is attained, it merely breeds additional needs. Thus more scurrying, more seeking, ad infinitum. Each time a goal is attained, it merely breeds additional needs. Thus more scurrying, more seeking, ad infinitum.
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: 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: I submit that God has no wishes about how, or even if, we glorify Him. Allow me, then, Jacob, to love God in my own fashion. Franco's I submit that God has no wishes about how, or even if, we glorify Him. Allow me, then, Jacob, to love God in my own fashion. Franco's
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: the flame of belief is fueled inexhaustibly by the fears of death, oblivion, and meaninglessness. Where the flame of belief is fueled inexhaustibly by the fears of death, oblivion, and meaninglessness. Where
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: My task as a therapist (not unlike that of a parent) is to make myself obsolete - to help a patient become his or her own mother and father My task as a therapist (not unlike that of a parent) is to make myself obsolete - to help a patient become his or her own mother and father
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: That just seems to be the way we're built. That just seems to be the way we're built.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I'm not ready for a committed relationship with anyone and that I have a ton of work to do on myself. I'm not ready for a committed relationship with anyone and that I have a ton of work to do on myself.
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: I'm listening. Sometimes I see better with closed eyes. I'm listening. Sometimes I see better with closed eyes.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I should have become an "I" before I became a "we". I should have become an "I" before I became a "we".
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: As a general rule, the less one's sense of life fulfillment, the greater one's death anxiety. As a general rule, the less one's sense of life fulfillment, the greater one's death anxiety.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Mature love is loving, not being loved. Mature love is loving, not being loved.
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: The search for meaning, much like the search for pleasure, must be conducted obliquely. The search for meaning, much like the search for pleasure, must be conducted obliquely.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Living safely is dangerous. Living safely is dangerous.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: A nightmare is a failed dream, a dream that, by not "handling" anxiety, has failed in its role as the guardian of sleep. A nightmare is a failed dream, a dream that, by not "handling" anxiety, has failed in its role as the guardian of sleep.
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: As Nietzsche said, "If we have our own 'why' of life, we shall get along with any 'how. As Nietzsche said, "If we have our own 'why' of life, we shall get along with any 'how.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Nonetheless, the past is part of your present consciousness - it forms the spectacles through which you experience the present. Nonetheless, the past is part of your present consciousness - it forms the spectacles through which you experience the present.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: more commonly death anxiety surfaces in nightmares. A more commonly death anxiety surfaces in nightmares. A
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Do not pander, patronize, scheme, or strategize," his instincts told him. "Simply go about your business in your usual professional manner." "But Do not pander, patronize, scheme, or strategize," his instincts told him. "Simply go about your business in your usual professional manner." "But
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: 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: Freedom means that one is responsible for one's own choices, actions, one's own life situation. Though Freedom means that one is responsible for one's own choices, actions, one's own life situation. Though
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Every person must choose how much truth he can stand. Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Don't argue: you will lose, and even if you win, you lose. Don't argue: you will lose, and even if you win, you lose.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I'm looking for me in you, that my hollowness makes it impossible to identify my needs and my desires, I'm looking for me in you, that my hollowness makes it impossible to identify my needs and my desires,
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Fame, for example, consists of the opinions of others and requires that we must live our life as others wish. Fame, for example, consists of the opinions of others and requires that we must live our life as others wish.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Love obsession often serves as a distraction, keeping the individual's gaze from more painful thoughts. Love obsession often serves as a distraction, keeping the individual's gaze from more painful thoughts.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: It's no great mystery. If no one will listen, it's only natural to shout! It's no great mystery. If no one will listen, it's only natural to shout!
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: So the highest and the happiest of endeavors is to be a philosopher ? Doesn't it seem self-serving for a philosopher to make that claim? So the highest and the happiest of endeavors is to be a philosopher ? Doesn't it seem self-serving for a philosopher to make that claim?
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story. I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Have you ever noticed that the air you breathe in is always cooler than the air you breathe out? Have you ever noticed that the air you breathe in is always cooler than the air you breathe out?
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: [T]he act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help. [T]he act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: But surely," Breuer But surely," Breuer
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: The ultimate goal of therapy ... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential. The ultimate goal of therapy ... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I should have become an "I" because I became a "we". I should have become an "I" because I became a "we".
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: His visitor must have sensed her misstep, Breuer thought, noticing how she rushed to continue her narrative. His visitor must have sensed her misstep, Breuer thought, noticing how she rushed to continue her narrative.
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: Right, that's exactly what I mean by your being both the prisoner and the jailer. Right, that's exactly what I mean by your being both the prisoner and the jailer.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Do not mistake awkwardness for callousness. Remember, I am a solitary person, as I warned you. I'm not accustomed to easy and warm social exchange. Do not mistake awkwardness for callousness. Remember, I am a solitary person, as I warned you. I'm not accustomed to easy and warm social exchange.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97) Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Lucretius' maxim: 'Where I am, death is not; where death is, I am not. Lucretius' maxim: 'Where I am, death is not; where death is, I am not.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: For one can never really be helped by another; one must find the strength to help oneself. For one can never really be helped by another; one must find the strength to help oneself.
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: 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: 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. Though 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. Though
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: It's the relationship that heals, the relationship that heals, the relationship that heals - my professional rosary. It's the relationship that heals, the relationship that heals, the relationship that heals - my professional rosary.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: I remain convinced that a therapist's judicious self-disclosure facilitates the course of therapy. Love's I remain convinced that a therapist's judicious self-disclosure facilitates the course of therapy. Love's
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Should we not create - should we not become - before we reproduce? Our responsibility to life is to create the higher, not to reproduce the lower. Should we not create - should we not become - before we reproduce? Our responsibility to life is to create the higher, not to reproduce the lower.
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: I now believe that fears are not born of darkness; rather, fears are like the starsalways there, but obscured by the glare of daylight. I now believe that fears are not born of darkness; rather, fears are like the stars
always there, but obscured by the glare of daylight.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: You are not a cow, and I am no apostle of cud chewing. You are not a cow, and I am no apostle of cud chewing.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Hair and hole, horn and teeth - hedgehog, walrus, ape, Josef Breuer. He Hair and hole, horn and teeth - hedgehog, walrus, ape, Josef Breuer. He
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: One must learn to live with the living before one can learn to live with the dead. One must learn to live with the living before one can learn to live with the dead.
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: 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: 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: Thought training and behavior shaping! These methods are not for the human realm! Ach, we're not animal trainers!" "Yes, Thought training and behavior shaping! These methods are not for the human realm! Ach, we're not animal trainers!" "Yes,
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: This world is supposed to have been made by a God? No, much better by a devil! This world is supposed to have been made by a God? No, much better by a devil!
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Perhaps," said Nietzsche, "only by being a man does a man release the woman in woman. Perhaps," said Nietzsche, "only by being a man does a man release the woman in woman.
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: Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do. Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: One of the great paradoxes of life is that self-awareness breeds anxiety. One of the great paradoxes of life is that self-awareness breeds anxiety.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Absolutely, bring any kind of carrot cake you wish. Absolutely, bring any kind of carrot cake you wish.
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.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: What have your scholarly investigations shown you?" No What have your scholarly investigations shown you?" No
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Marriage should be no prison, but a garden in which something higher is cultivated. Marriage should be no prison, but a garden in which something higher is cultivated.
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: Every act is not necessarily a message about the relationship. Every act is not necessarily a message about the relationship.
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: One thing he resolved was not to make that one good year a bad year by grieving that it was not more than One thing he resolved was not to make that one good year a bad year by grieving that it was not more than
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: mediating efforts, the mediating efforts, the
Irvin D. Yalom quotes: Translation error is compounded by bias error. We distort others by forcing them into our own preferred ideas and gestalts... Translation error is compounded by bias error. We distort others by forcing them into our own preferred ideas and gestalts...
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: 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: 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.

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.