Irvin D. Yalom Quotes

“Each time a goal is attained, it merely breeds additional needs. Thus more scurrying, more seeking, ad infinitum.”

“Fame, for example, consists of the opinions of others and requires that we must live our life as others wish.”

“Home is not a place – it is a state of consciousness.”

“If a person lives among people with very different beliefs, he can not adapt to them without a fundamental change.”

“People like those who care about them.”

“Remember the meaning of 'patient'! It means that we 'should' be patient with the beliefs of others, even if we think they are irrational.”

“We should cherish things because they are true, not because they are old.”

“When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune.”