62 Quotes by Gabor Maté

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    What [my patients] care about is my presence or absence as a human being. They gauge with unerring eye whether I am grounded enough on any given day to co-exist with them, to listen to them as persons with feelings, hopes and aspirations as valid as mine. They can tell instantly whether I’m genuinely committed to their well-being or just trying to get them out of my way.

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    [W]e might say that three factors need to coincide for substance addiction to occur: a susceptible organism; a drug with addictive potential; and stress. Given the availability of drugs, individual susceptibility will determine who becomes an addict and who will not[.]

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    We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.

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    In the real world there is no nature vs. nurture argument, only an infinitely complex and moment-by-moment interaction between genetic and environmental effects.

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    The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates.

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    Autonomy is impossible as long as one is driven by anything.

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