We define religion as the assumption that life has meaning. Religion, or lack of it, is shown not in some intellectual or verbal formulations but in one’s total orientation to life.
ROLLO MAYWhen we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.
More Rollo May Quotes
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This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.
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To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive – to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before
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Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
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It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible.
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There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
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It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
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Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity.
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Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
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Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
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One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.
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I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
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Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
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Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others.
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