To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another..

Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us..

Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident..

The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else..

One doesn't do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists ….

The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices..

Despite the staunchest, most venerable defenses, we can never completely subdue death anxiety: it is always there, lurking in some hidden ravine of t….

One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself..

None of my patients are really troubled by the idea that some part of what they say might be in a book in the future. Some have expressed the very op….

Death, however, does itch. It itches all the time. It is always with us, scratching at some inner door. Mirroring, softly, barely audibly, just under….

Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms. The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by th….

To the best of my knowledge, every acute inpatient ward offers some inpatient group therapy experience. Indeed, the evidence supporting the efficacy ….

The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help..

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic..

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair..

Psychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish. Your greatest instrument is you, yourself, and th….

A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we have tran….

Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?.

Were not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, ….

I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another..

Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it..