People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
ROLLO MAYA mien which seems to say, “You are looking at somebody now.” For this inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.
More Rollo May Quotes
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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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Mass communication–wonder as it may be technologically and something to be appreciated and valued–presents us wit a serious daner, the danger of conformism, due to the fact that we all view the same things at the same time in all the cities of the country. (p. 73)
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Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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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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Courage is required not only in a person’s occasional crucial decision for his own freedom, but in the little hour-to-hour decisions which place the bricks in the structure of his building of himself into a person who acts with freedom and responsibility.
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The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
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The danger always exists that our technology will serve as a buffer between us and nature, a block between us and the deeper dimensions of our own experience.
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The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
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People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.
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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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Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
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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.
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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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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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The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.
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