Irvin D. Yalom Quote

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.

Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.

Young women today feel vulnerable to judgment; if a harsh sentence is passed (or even suspected or projected), it is not her reputation that suffers so much as the stability of her moral universe. The...

An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.

It is always healthy to be honest.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

I need to stop running back to you in my mind all the time.

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is s...