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It is easier, far easier, to obey another than to command oneself.
— Irvin D. Yalom
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Irvin D. Yalom
writer, psychologist, university teacher, psychiatrist, existential therapist, psychotherapist
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Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.
All Quotes by Irvin D. Yalom
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
— Irvin D. Yalom
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
— Irvin D. Yalom
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I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit.
— Irvin D. Yalom
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Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
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Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.
— Irvin D. Yalom
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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful.
— Irvin D. Yalom