Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs - not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can be, that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.

Rollo May

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Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and respons... by Rollo May

Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.

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Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is co... by Rollo May

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

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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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If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

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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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Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so... by Rollo May

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

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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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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. Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, "This is me and the world be damned!" Leaders have always been the ones to stand against the society - Socrates, Christ, Freud, all the way down the line.

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Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, inti... by Rollo May

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

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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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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions the... by Rollo May

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.

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One does not become fully human painlessly. by Rollo May

One does not become fully human painlessly.

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In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.

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Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.

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The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to... by Rollo May

The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.

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What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to make something, you need to do something. I think anxiety, for people who have found their own heart and their own souls, for them it is a stimulus toward creativity, toward courage. It's what makes us human beings.

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One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to for... by Rollo May

One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.

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Depression is the inability to construct a future. by Rollo May

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

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Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.

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