"Have no fear, life has the power to always bring us back to the starting point because we are all in the same boat." - Irvin Yalom
89 years old Irvin D. Yalom is a well-known American psychotherapist of humanist and existentialist orientation, psychiatrist and writer. We offer excerpts and quotes from some of his most popular books, such as When Nietzsche Wept, The Schopenhauer cure, Lying on the couch, The Spinoza Problem, and other.
No one has ever done anything noble for another. All actions are directed towards you, all love is self-love. Dig deeper and you will realize that you do not love others. What you love is the pleasant feelings that such love creates in you!
How do you explain that some people are full of self-confidence? Ask yourself who these people are who are confident, always happy and calm. Only people without vision, simple people and children are like that. Despair is the price one pays for one's self-confidence. An intelligent man is not always sure of what he does and what he says. Smart people are always asking questions.
Only a wounded healer can truly heal.
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Each person has to decide how much truth they can handle.
From a great height, every tragedy seems less tragic.
Life is a spark of light between two voids - the darkness before birth and the darkness of death.
Don't have children until you are ready to be creators and create creators. It is wrong to have children out of a need to fill your loneliness, to create copies of yourself, or to provide yourself with a purpose. It is a mistake to seek immortality by sowing a seed into the future as if it will preserve your consciousness.
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A man's spirit is woven from his decisions.
I dream of a love that is something more than the desire of two people to own each other.
When you force a person of rare talents to do only useful work, it is like using an expensive and delicately decorated vase for a kitchen pot.
