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For each of us, the only hope resides in his own efforts, in completing his own story, not in the other's interpretation. (63)

For each of us, the only hope resides in his own efforts, in completing his own story, not in the other's interpretation. (63)

SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.

SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

Again and again I find that my own inner counselor, my secret dreaming self, is not only wise and helpful but usually amusing as well.

Sheldon Kopp, Sheldon B. Kopp (1987). “Who am I-- really?: an autobiographical exploration on becoming who you are”, J P Tarcher

He may only get to keep that which he is willing to let go of.

SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

Each of us is ultimately alone.

Sheldon B. Kopp (1985). “Even a Stone Can be a Teacher: Learning and Growing from the Experiences of Everyday Life”, Tarcher

All of the truly important battles are waged within the self. (7)

SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

So it is that there is nothing to be taught, but yet there is something to be learned.

SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

Openness to my own dreams puts me in touch with the oldest, most human aspects of who I am; it helps me find my place in the community of man.

Sheldon B. Kopp (1974). “The Hanged Man: Psychotherapy and the Forces of Darkness”, Science & Behavior Books

I have long trusted dreams as prophetic visions. I do not mean that they foretell the future, only that they illuminate the present, when my eyes are closed, so that I may see clearly.

Sheldon B. Kopp (1985). “Even a Stone Can be a Teacher: Learning and Growing from the Experiences of Everyday Life”, Tarcher

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

Sheldon B. Kopp (1985). “Even a Stone Can be a Teacher: Learning and Growing from the Experiences of Everyday Life”, Tarcher

It is not possible to know how much is just enough, until we have experienced how much is more than enough. (64)

SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

Dreams provide a kind of wisdom of the heart, an echoing voice of a profound human sensitivity too often lost to us in the reasonable life of days.

Sheldon B. Kopp (1974). “The Hanged Man: Psychotherapy and the Forces of Darkness”, Science & Behavior Books