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.
ROLLO MAYThe 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.
More Rollo May Quotes
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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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All our feelings, like the artist’s paints and brush, are ways of communicating and sharing something meaningful from us to the world.
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This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.
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Depression is the inability to construct a future.
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Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.
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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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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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Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
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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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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.
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A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.
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Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
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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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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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