Irvin D. Yalom Quotes

Therapists have a dual role: they must both observe and participate in the lives of their patients. As observer, one must be sufficiently objective to provide necessary rudimentary guidance to the pat...

There is one true property of romantic love: it never stays - evanescence is a part of the nature of an infatuated love state. But be careful trying to rush its demise. Don't try to joust with love an...

About Author

Irvin David Yalom (; born June 13, 1931) is an American existential psychiatrist who is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.

There was a time in our lives when we were so close that nothing seemed to obstruct our friendship and brotherhood, and only a small footbridge separated us. Just as you were about to step on it, I as...

This book deals with four ultimate concerns: death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness. The individual's confrontation with each of these facts of life constitutes the content of the existential...

Thought, in and of itself, has no external consequences-although it may be an indispensable overture to action: one may, for example, plan, rehearse, or muster the resolve for action. Action extends o...

Time cannot be broken; that is our greatest burden. And our greatest challenge is to live in spite of that burden.

To build children you must first be built yourself. Otherwise, you’ll seek children out of animal needs, or loneliness, or to patch the holes in yourself. Your task as a parent is to produce not anoth...

Ubijeđen sam da su, u tim zanosima prvih susreta, Dan i žena pogrešno tumačili ono što u vidjeli jedno u drugom. Svako od njih je vidjeo odraz sopstvenog preklinjanja, ranjen pogled i pogrešno ga prot...

Vreti sa zburati, dar nu puteti incepe sa zburati zburand. Trebuie sa va invat mai intai sa mergeti, iar primul pas in a invata sa mergi este sa intelegi ca acela care nu se supune lui insusi este con...

We should treat with indulgence every human folly, failing, and vice, bearing in mind that what we have before us are simply our own failings, follies, and vices. For they are just the failings of man...

What have your scholarly investigations shown you? No

What is young-learned is best-learned.

What? 'Borderline patients play games'? That what you said? Ernest, you'll never be a real therapist if you think like that. That's exactly what I meant earlier when I talked about the dangers of diag...

Às vezes, enxergo tão profundamente a vida que, de repente, olho ao redor e vejo que ninguém me acompanhou que meu único companheiro é o tempo.

Four major existential concerns—death, meaning in life, isolation, and freedom—play a crucial role in the inner life of every human being and

دلیل خرافه در تمام فرهنگ‌ها این است که انسان‌های قدیم از تزلزل رازآلود هستی می‌ترسیدند، آنها شناخت کافی برای فراهم کردن توضیحات نداشتن، و در آن روزگار، تنها شکل توضیح موجود، چنگ انداختن به ماوراءالطبی...

I am very often asked why, at the age of eighty-five, I continue to practice. Tip number eighty-five (sheer coincidence that I am now eighty-five years old) begins with a simple declaration: my work w...

بر اثر علت بخصوصی، ناگزیر، اثر یا فعلی ظاهر می شود، به عکس، اگر علت خاصی نباشد، ممکن نیست که فعلی سر بزند. شناختن اثر یا معلول، تابع شناختن علت است و سبب شناسایی علت می شود

Kendini iyi biri olarak gösteriyor, kimseye zarar vermiyor; kendinden ve doğadan başka hiçbir şeye! Sırf pençeleri yok diye kendilerine iyi diyenlerden biri olmaktan vazgeçirmeliyim onu

دو شیوه متضاد در رویارویی بشر با مرگ وجود دارد، بشر یا می‌پیوندد یا می‌گسلد، یا در خود جای می‌دهد یا در هم می‌آمیزد، یا بر خودمختاری خویش تأکید می‌کند یا امنیت را در پیوستن به نیرویی دیگر می‌جوید.مطمئ...