Author of quotes: Irvin Yalom. Page 1

“Like an acorn becomes a big oak…” What an amazingly liberating and inspiring image! He forever changed my approach to psychotherapy, offering a new vision: my task is to remove the obstacles blocking the path of patients. I don't have to do all the work myself; I am not obligated to inspire the patient with a desire to develop, to invest in him curiosity, will, striving for life, caring, loyalty, or any of the myriad characteristics that make us human. No, my task is to identify and remove obstacles. Everything else, I thought, would follow automatically, spurred on by the drive and forces of self-actualization within the patient.

None of us can finally overcome the fear of death. This is the price we pay for awakening our self-awareness.

Loneliness does not depend on the presence or absence of people around.

You cannot deal with human problems animal methods.

As you know, Professor Nietzsche, it would be unwise not to take into account the observations and conclusions of these great people, but to start with that it would be fundamentally wrong. Too strong credibility, opinions, and insights of a large number of prestigious doctors have a dampening effect on the synthetic ability of the human imagination. That's why I prefer to read the play before you see the play, and before I read reviews. Did you yourself have not seen this in your work?

As you know, Professor Nietzsche, it would be unwise not to take into account the observations and conclusions of these great people, but to start with that it would be fundamentally wrong. Too strong credibility, opinions, and insights of a large number of prestigious doctors have a dampening effect on the synthetic ability of the human imagination. That's why I prefer to read the play before you see the play, and before I read reviews. Did you yourself have not seen this in your work?

As for suicide, Breyer knew one sure way to find out a risk assessment: to check whether the patient in the future. Nietzsche this test is passed. He was not going to commit suicide: he spoke of a ten-year mission on the books, which he will extract from your brain.

But but but - here again, thought Breuer, appears this "demon But." He wanted to kick himself as follows on the head. All his life he held this indecisive "but"-the position and now he behaves the same way with Freud, and Nietzsche - and all this despite the fact that deep down, he could assume that both are right.

Shouldn't we, before to give birth to their own kind, to become a Creator, to take care of their own development? Our duty to life is to create higher, rather than reproduce the lower. Nothing should hinder the development of the hero inside of you. And if the way arises lust, her need to kill.

You understand the futility of chasing the wrong goals and the meaninglessness of incorrect setting of new goals. Multiplication by zero results in zero!

Don't you see, Joseph, that the problem is not that you feel uncomfortable? Yes, what is the importance of tension and pressure in your chest? Does anyone ever promised you that everything will be okay? Do you have trouble sleeping? So what? Someone said that you have a good sleep? No, the problem is not the discomfort. The problem is that not those things that cause you discomfort.

Those who do not subject yourself to control others.

Then I thought you were a vision, the embodiment of my earthly ideal. Please note: I have terrible eyesight!

Existential wine comes from omissions. Redemption is achieved by immersion in the authentic vocation of human beings, which, said Kierkegaard, is the will to be yourself.