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 myself. A free man who lives among the ignorant strives as far as he can to avoid their favors. A free man acts honestly, not deceptively. Only free man are genuinely useful to one another and can form true friendships. And it's absolutely permissible, by the highest right of Nature, for everyone to employ clear reason to determine how to live in a way that will allow him to flourish.
Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the inv… - Irvin D. Yalom
Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the inv…
- Irvin D. Yalom
The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety. - Irvin D. Yalom
The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
Every person must choose how much truth he can stand. - Irvin D. Yalom
Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
Living safely is dangerous. - Irvin D. Yalom
Living safely is dangerous.
Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind. - Irvin D. Yalom
Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don't leave any unlived life behind.
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 a way… - Irvin D. Yalom
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 a way…
Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97) - Irvin D. Yalom
Only the wounded healer can truly heal. (97)
Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortali… - Irvin D. Yalom
Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortali…
Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual. Reality always creeps … - Irvin D. Yalom
Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual. Reality always creeps …
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