Best Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
- Every person must choose how much truth he can stand. Choose
- A curious thought experiment. . . Nietzsche's message to us was to live life in such a way that we would be willing to repeat… Curious
- Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude. All
- If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen through a microscope,… Activity
- Life is a miserable thing. I have decided to spend my life thinking about it. Decided
- Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the invaluable prerogative of… Age
- You will search the world over and not find a nonsuperstitious community. As long as there is ignorance, there will be adherence to superstition. Dispelling… Adherence
- If I'm among men who don't agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing… Able
- Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them. Faith
- Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love. Rather, love is… Act
- ... sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past. Better
- To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible. Another Individual
- Mature love is loving, not being loved. Love
- To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another. Actively
- The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else... Close
- ...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. Anxiety
- There was a time in our lives when we were so close that nothing seemed to obstruct our friendship and brotherhood, and only a small… Alienates
- One thing I feel clear about is that it's important not to let your life live you. Otherwise, you end up at forty feeling you… Back Upon
- Psychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish. Your greatest instrument is you, yourself, and the work… Any
- I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another. Craving