Quotes by : Irvin D. Yalom

The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life because that is....

More than death, one fears the utter isolation that accompanies it. We try to go through life two by....

Translation error is compounded by bias error. We distort others by forcing into them our preferred ideas....

The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.

It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide....

Credinta, oricat de pasionata, de pura, de arzatoare, nu spune absolut nimic despre realitatea existentei....

Encased in an elaborate illusion of unlimited power and progress, each of us subscribes, at least until....

Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us human. But it....

Why does the same book elicit such a range of responses? There must be something in the particular reader....

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.