A curious thought experiment. . . Nietzsche's message to us was to live life in such a way that we would be willing to repeat the same life eternally

Were not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams.

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)

Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortality. Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge that we will grow, blossom, and, inevitably, diminish and die.

Life is a miserable thing. I have decided to spend my life thinking about it.

To the extent that one is responsible for one's life, one is alone.