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One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.

Rollo May

Freedom is man’s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
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Capacity Development Freedom Man Old Ourselves Own Takem Hand
People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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Day Decision Dignity Make Multitude People Worth
The mature person becomes able to differentiate feelings into as many nuances, strong and passionate experiences, or delicate and sensitive ones, as in the different passages of music in a symphony. Unfortunately, many of us have feelings limited like notes in a bugle call.
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Become Differentiate Experience Feeling Many Mature Nuance Passionate Person Strong
Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.
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Being Bring Creativity Into Process Something
When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.
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Always Being Dependent Dual Human Itself Reality Truth Upon
Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
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Art Consciousness Creative Ecstasy Intensity Nobody Occvur Totally
This is what makes heroism so important: it reflects our own sense of identity and from this our own heroism is molded.
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Heroism Identity Important Make Mold Reflect Sense
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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Communication Community Intimacy Mutual Read Understanding Valuing
Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
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Deed Establish Esteem Largely Perform Self Society Those Try Violence
I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
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Active Cure Heal Learn Myself Need Participate Process
People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
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Attain Courage Deciosn Decision From Day Multitude People Require Worth
Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.
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Against Being Culture Every Human Me Must Point Say Stand
What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
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Art Experience Fountainhead Frost Human Imagination
Religion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One’s religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for.
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Attitude Concern Condition Die Individual Life Point Religion Ultimate
To believe fully and at the same moment to have doubts is not at all a contradiction: it presupposes a greater respect for truth, an awareness that truth always goes beyond anything that can be said or done at any given moment.
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Believe ContrAction Doubt Fully Greater Moment Presuppose Respect Same
Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. … One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him.
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Best Center Contribution Fellow Men Find Long Makem Our Ourselves Run Strength

One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.

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