I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“There is one true property of romantic love: it never stays - evanescence is a part of the nature of an infatuated… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“The power and omnipresence of the sexual drive: Next to the love of life it shows itself here as the strongest and… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“The true end of the whole love story, though the parties concerned are unaware of it, is that a particular child may… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love.… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“love obsession often serves as a distraction, keeping the individual’s gaze from more painful thoughts.” — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“One of the great paradoxes of life is that self-awareness breeds anxiety. Fusion eradicates anxiety in a radical fashion—by eliminating self-awareness. The… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Sekcirajte dublje svoje motive. Naći ćete da niko nikada nije učinio ništa uzvišeno za drugoga. Svi postupci su usmjereni ka sebi, sve… — 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
