Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.
ROLLO MAYPeople attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
More Rollo May Quotes
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There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.
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I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
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The 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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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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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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The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.
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There can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular – though profoundly mistaken – definition of myth as falsehood.
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Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
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Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom. It is the willingness to differentiate, to move from the protecting realms of parental dependence to new levels of freedom and integration.
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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
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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So courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values wither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
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Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the presence of tension that is necessary to preserve human existence.
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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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Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
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