Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
ROLLO MAYThe one thing we can be certain of is that if we let ourselves fully into the relationship for good or evil, we will not come out unaffected.
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Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
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Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.
ROLLO MAYScience, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.
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Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
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Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
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Depression is the inability to construct a future.
ROLLO MAYDepression is the inability to construct a future.
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One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
ROLLO MAYOne central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
ROLLO MAYPeople attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one’s own convictions – not obstinately or defiantly
ROLLO MAYThe hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one’s own convictions – not obstinately or defiantly
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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
ROLLO MAYLife comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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When you are completely absorbed or caught up in something, you become oblivious to things around you, or to the passage of time. It is this absorption in what you are doing that frees your unconscious and releases your creative imagination.
ROLLO MAYWhen you are completely absorbed or caught up in something, you become oblivious to things around you, or to the passage of time. It is this absorption in what you are doing that frees your unconscious and releases your creative imagination.
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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.
ROLLO MAYFortunately, 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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Forge in the smithy of your soul.
ROLLO MAYForge in the smithy of your soul.
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Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
ROLLO MAYReal freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
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Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.
ROLLO MAYFreedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.
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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.
ROLLO MAYIt 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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What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
ROLLO MAYWhat if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
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