Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom. It is the willingness to differentiate, to move from the protecting realms of parental dependence to new levels of freedom and integration.
ROLLO MAYHate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
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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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Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.
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Forge in the smithy of your soul.
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Freedom is man’s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
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Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.
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To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive – to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before
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It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
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Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age.
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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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The essence of being human is that, in the brief moment we exist on this spinning planet, we can love some persons and some things, in spite of the fact that time and death will ultimately claim us all.
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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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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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There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
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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 creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
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