It was a fire of conscience, and meanings that made up…

“Humans need their lives to make sense and to have meaning and purpose. Lack of meaning and purpose can override both the natural pace…

— Paul Valent

“And yet, a fissure, a split world, whose significance was yet obscure, had revealed itself to me. in the dark split were seeds of…

— Paul Valent

“I make sure to always have some spinach between my teeth so people are disinclined to bother me. Survival strategies for the 21st century.”

— Graham Parke

In the previous days and times, we've been involved, not exclusively, but largely, in the process of individual survival: How do I get through…

— Neale Donald Walsch

“It's hard to think when someone's trying to kill you. We human beings aren't wired to be rational and creative when we know our…

— Jim Butcher

“Survival strategies come in three forms. The first is taking advantage of public spaces and private charities—the nation’s libraries, food pantries, homeless shelters, and…

— Kathryn Edin

“Were you really, truly, helpful to your patients? Maybe you've just learned to pick patients who were going to improve on their own anyway.”

— Irvin D. Yalom

“It is so much more threatening to have something out of hand than to believe that at any moment I can stop (I started…

— Flora Rheta Schreiber

“I often urge patients to project themselves into the future and to consider how they can live now so that five years hence they…

— Irvin D. Yalom

One of the reasons I've never done intensive psychotherapy or any of that stuff is that if there's anything in me that needs fixing,…

— Kate Winslet

In Hollywood if you don't have a shrink, people think you're crazy.

— Johnny Carson

The more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

— Hans Eysenck

To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.

— Irving Kirsch

“Beginning therapists must learn that there are times to sit in silence, sometimes in silent communion, sometimes simply while waiting for patients' thoughts to…

— Irvin D. Yalom

For me, the term "psychotherapy" is limiting. It implies that we work with mind and emotions, but excludes the body and pays scant attention…

— Jed Diamond