Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
ROLLO MAYOne of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.
More Rollo May Quotes
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Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
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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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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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Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.
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The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free.
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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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Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
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One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.
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Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
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Vanity and narcissism – the compulsive need to be admired and praised – undermine one’s courage, for one then fights on someone else’s conviction rather than one’s own.
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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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All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.
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One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
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Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?
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