Author of quotes: Irvin Yalom. Page 11

Of all their duties, I left only one to always remain free. Marriage and the whole entourage of possession and jealousy enslaves the spirit. I hope that the time will come when men and women will tyrannize each other with their weaknesses.

If a woman likes a man, why wouldn't she hold his hand and offer to walk with her? But whatever a woman of those whom he knew would be able to say the words? It was a woman of a completely different variety. This woman was free!

To live forever freezing terror, so we invent ways to mitigate the fear of death. We leave ourselves in the future through their children, become rich and famous, invent goals, protective rituals and adhere to the indestructible faith in the miraculous rescue.

To live constantly aware of his own death, is not easy. It's like trying to peer into the sun - to withstand only up to a point.

Life should be lived now; it is not endlessly deferred.

You know that old joke - the operation was a success but the patient died.

To age beautifully, you need to accept that our options are limited.

For each "Yes" is your "no."

Obsession is a distraction; it protects you from thinking about something else. What is the other? If it were not for these obsessive thoughts, what would you think?

The more a person has within himself, the less he expects from others.

I always liked to enjoy the company of the great minds of this world, maybe I just like collecting them.

- Precordialgia pressure hurts you because your chest is tearing this not lived your life. Your heart taps time. And avarice of time, inescapable. Time takes, takes and never gives back. How awful to hear that you lived the life assigned to you! And how awful to meet death, never expressing even claim to freedom for all connected with it dangers!

Swallowed resentment can be poisonous!

She can squeeze out of me all the juices except orange in the morning.