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# Edith Eva Eger

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Edith Eva Eger was a Hungarian and American psychologist, specialist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, and Holocaust survivor. Her memoir entitled The Choice: Embrace the Possible, published in 2017, became an international bestseller. Her second book, titled The Gift: 12 Lessons t

##  Quotes by Edith Eva Eger

> [“Answer the most important questions at the start of any journey towards freedom: What am I doing now? Is it working? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-eva-eger/answer-the-most-important-questions-at-the-start-of-any-journey/)

Edith Eva Eger

[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/edith-eva-eger-69209_freedom_answer-the-most-important-questions-at-t_359776.jpg)

> [“...By the time I would finish school I'll be fifty? He smiled. "You're going to be fifty anyhow”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-eva-eger/by-the-time-i-would-finish-school-i-ll-be-fifty-he-smiled-you-re/)

Edith Eva Eger

[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/edith-eva-eger-69209_age_by-the-time-i-would-finish-school-i-ll-b_2067453.jpg)

> [“To be passive is to let others decide for you. To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-eva-eger/to-be-passive-is-to-let-others-decide-for-you-to-be-aggressive-is-to/)

Edith Eva Eger

[Assertive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assertive/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50e/edith-eva-eger-69209_assertive_to-be-passive-is-to-let-others-decide-fo_2649960.jpg)

> [“Things aren't important, but beauty is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-eva-eger/things-aren-t-important-but-beauty-is/)

Edith Eva Eger

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/edith-eva-eger-69209_beauty_things-aren-t-important-but-beauty-is-26_2673375.jpg)

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