People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
ROLLO MAYRecall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
More Rollo May Quotes
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Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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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.
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It is amazing how many hints and guides and intuitions for living come to the sensitive person who has ears to hear what his body is saying.
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Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
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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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If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
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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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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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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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When I fall in love, I feel more valuable and I treat myself with more care. We have all observed the hesitant adolescent, uncertain of himself, who, when he or she falls in love, suddenly walks with a certain inner assuredness and confidence/
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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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Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.
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Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
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Therapy isn’t curing somebody of something; it is a means of helping a person explore himself, his life, his consciousness. My purpose as a therapist is to find out what it means to be human.
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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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