People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
ROLLO MAYLife comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
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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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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
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The mature person becomes able to differentiate feelings into as many nuances, strong and passionate experiences, or delicate and sensitive ones, as in the different passages of music in a symphony. Unfortunately, many of us have feelings limited like notes in a bugle call.
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It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
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There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship forever.
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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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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 ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.
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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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Vanity and narcissism – the compulsive need to be admired and praised – undermine one’s courage, for one then fights on someone else’s conviction rather than one’s own.
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When you are completely absorbed or caught up in something, you become oblivious to things around you, or to the passage of time. It is this absorption in what you are doing that frees your unconscious and releases your creative imagination.
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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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