“We poor mortals, we fellow sufferers, are such victims of biology that we fill our lives with guilt about natural acts…and that… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“But you, like me, have good eyes. You looked too far into life. You saw that it was futile to reach wrong… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“In the first place a man never is happy but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I simply remind patients that sooner or later they will have to relinquish the goal of having a better past.” — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“ALAS, IF ALL HUMANS WERE WISE AND HAD MORE GOOD WILL THE WORLD WOULD BE A PARADISE NOW IT IS MOSTLY A HELL” — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living! — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms. The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Exactly. We know that the great Goethe carried a copy of Spinoza’s Ethics in his pocket for a year. Imagine that—an entire year! And… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual. Reality always creeps… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the capacity to tolerate uncertainty is a prerequisite for the profession. Though the public may believe that therapists guide patients systematically and sure-handedly… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
