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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.

Rollo May

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
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Attain Courage Deciosn Decision From Day Multitude People Require Worth
A dynamic struggle goes on within a person between what he or she consciously thinks on the one hand and, on the other, some insight, some perspective that is struggling to be born.
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Between Consciously Dynamic Hand Insight One Other Person Perspective Some Struggle Think
Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity.
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Anything Effective Feel Live Most People Powerless
People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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Day Decision Dignity Make Multitude People Worth
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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Care Come Good Life Physical Survival
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one’s identity as a being of worth and dignity.
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Accompany Emotion Fulfilling Goal Happiness Joy Life Nation Rather
Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
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Arise Out Power Powerlessness Superfully Violence
A person can meet anxiety to the extent that his values are stronger than the threat.
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Anxiety Extent Mert Person Stronger Threat Value
Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
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Art Consciousness Creative Ecstasy Intensity Nobody Occvur Totally
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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Heroism Identity Important Make Mold Reflect Sense
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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Authentically Conscious Distinguish Doing Feel Freedom Think Human Personal Quality Speak
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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Anxiety Conflict Constructive Going Long Ourselves Remind Signify So Solution Well
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
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Among Courage Fidelity Love Personal Value Virtue
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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Always Between Buffer Danger Exist Nature Our Service Technology
However it may be confounded or covered up or counterfeited, this elemental capacity to fight against injustice remains the distinguishing characteristic of human beings.
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Against Capacity Confound Counterfeited Cover Element Fight However Injustice
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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All Artist Ecraetive Life One People Some Struggle Succeeded Task Way

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