Irvin D. Yalom Quotes

Lucretius’ maxim: ‘Where I am, death is not; where death is, I am not.

Many a friendship or marriage has failed because, instead of relating to, and caring for, one another, one person uses another as a shield against isolation. A

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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.

Marriage should be no prison, but a garden in which something higher is cultivated.

مهم نیست که چه چیزی را باور داری یا می گویی که باور داری، مهم است که چگونه زندگی می کنی

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...

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

Nu crea copii pana cand nu esti gata sa fii un creator si sa dai nastere la creatori. E gresit sa faci copii din nevoie, e gresit sa folosesti un copil pentru a-ti alina singuratatea, e gresit sa-ti c...

One of the great paradoxes of life is that self-awareness breeds anxiety.

Δεν με παρηγορούσε όμως και πολύ το να κατηγορώ τη Θέλμα και τον Χάρρυ ή να θρηνώ την αδυναμία του ανθρώπινου πλάσματος - αυτού του αδύναμου φασματικού πλάσματος που είναι αδύνατο να επιζήσει χωρίς τη...

Όσο κι αν μ' αρέσει να κάνω ομαδική θεραπεία, το μέγεθος αυτό έχει ένα σημαντικό μειονέκτημα για μένα: συχνά δεν επιτρέπει την εξερεύνηση βαθύτερων υπαρξιακών θεμάτων. Πολλές φορές μέσα στην ομάδα παρ...

People say strange, incoherent things in such a state. Her words do not strike me as incoherent or random. You suggested, Doctor Breuer, that I should simply interject any comments that occur to me. L...

Philosophy is a high mountain road…an isolated road and becomes even more desolate the higher we ascend. Whoever pursues this pass should know no fear but must leave everything behind and confidently...

Psychiatric cure is the expanding of the self to such final effect that the patient as known to himself is much the same person as the patient behaving to others.

Psychotherapy is a demanding vocation, and the successful therapist must be able to tolerate the isolation, anxiety, and frustration that are inevitable in the work.

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

Ruhunda sükunete kavuşmak isteyen insanlar inanmalı ve iman etmelidir, ama hakikatin peşindeki insanlar iç huzurundan feragat edip yaşamlarını bu sorgulamaya adamak zorundadırlar.

Sizi tutan bir şey var -bir korku, bir zaaf-, öfkenizi ifade etmenizi engelliyor. Bunun yerine yufka yürekliliğinizden gurur duyuyorsunuz. Mecburen yaptığınız şeyleri erdeme dönüştürmeye çalışıyorsunu...

Some day soon, perhaps in forty years, there will be no one alive who has ever known me. That's when I will be truly dead - when I exist in no one's memory. I thought a lot about how someone very old...

Soru buydu. Onda aradığım neydi? Bende eksik olan neydi ? İyi bir yaşamım yok muydu? Yaşamımın giderek geri dönülmez bir biçimde daralan bir dehlize dönüşmekte olduğunu kime anlatabilirim? Çektiğim iş...

«Quello che mi colpisce» disse Ernest «è che abbia perso qualunque prospettiva. È così preso da tutti questi eventi e sentimenti che ha cominciato a identificarsi con essi. Dobbiamo trovare un modo pe...