It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
ROLLO MAYFreedom is man’s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
More Rollo May Quotes
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One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.
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What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
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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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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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The first thing necessary for a constructive dealing with time is to learn to live in the reality of the present moment. For psychologically speaking, this present moment is all we have.
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Like a chemical mixture, if one of us is changed, both of us will be. Will we grow in self-actualization, or will it destroy us?
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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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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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Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
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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 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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One does not become fully human painlessly.
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Forge in the smithy of your soul.
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Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
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