Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
ROLLO MAYUnderstanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age.
More Rollo May Quotes
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People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.
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Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.
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In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.
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The essence of being human is that, in the brief moment we exist on this spinning planet, we can love some persons and some things, in spite of the fact that time and death will ultimately claim us all.
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Forge in the smithy of your soul.
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Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.
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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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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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One does not become fully human painlessly.
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One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
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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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It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way; and we grasp more fiercely at research, statistics, and technical aids in sex when we have lost the values and meaning of love.
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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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