One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.
ROLLO MAYPeople attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
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A 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.
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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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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
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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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The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
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Freedom is man’s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
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People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.
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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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What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
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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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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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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 word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning “heart.” Thus just as one’s heart, by pumping blood to one’s arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function.
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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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