Sheldon B. Kopp Quotes

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• He may only get to keep that which he is willing to let go of.
• Often things are as bad as they seem.
• You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who you are and take your chances. (105)
• The adult May fly lives only a few hours, just long enough to mate. He has neither mouth nor stomach, but needs neither since he…
• So it is that God tugs at a pilgrim's sleeve telling him to remember that he is only human. He must be his own man,…
• You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences.
• Sometimes it seems to me that in this absurdly random life there is some inherent justice in the outcome of personal relationships. In the long…
• If I am transparent enough to myself, then I can become less afraid of those hidden selves that my transparency may reveal to others. If…
• Each person's only hope for improving his lot rests on recognizing the true nature of his or her basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming…
• In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.
• He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.
• The therapist can interpret, advise, provide the emotional acceptance and support that nurtures personal growth, and above all, he can listen. I do not mean…
• All of the truly important battles are waged within the self. (7)
• Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence,…
• Love is more than simply being open to experiencing the anguish of another person's suffering. It is the willingness to live with the helpless knowing…
• For each of us, the only hope resides in his own efforts, in completing his own story, not in the other's interpretation. (63)
• It is not possible to know how much is just enough, until we have experienced how much is more than enough. (64)
• When a patient says he feels stuck and confused, and through good intentions he struggles to become loose and clear, he only remains chronically trapped…
• You win some, you lose some, and your losses are never made up to you. She will simply have to do without; like it or…
• There appear to be many people who chose to go crazy (or become alcoholics, addicts, criminals, suicides) rather than have to bear the pain and…

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