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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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  Fighting, Vanity, Needs

  Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.177, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Competitive individualism militates against the experience of community, and that lack of community is a centrally important factor in contemporaneous anxiety.

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  Responsibility, Community, Anxiety

  Rollo May (2015). “The Meaning of Anxiety”, p.132, W. W. Norton & Company

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• We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.

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  Inspirational, Commitment, Enviromental

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Depression is the inability to construct a future.

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  Sad, Depression, Depressing

  "Love and Will". Book by Rollo May, ch. 9, 1969.

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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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  Freedom, Men, Hands

  Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.119, W. W. Norton & Company

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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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  Inspirational, Running, Wisdom

  Rollo May (1969). “Love and will”

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Sympathy

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• 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.

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  Running, Exercise, Men

  "Man's Search for Himself" by Rollo May, (p. 56), 1953.

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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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  Love, Life, Disappointment

  Rollo May (1969). “Love and will”

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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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  Mean, Leader, Lines

  "Marriage Today : Problems, Issues, and Alternatives". Book by James E. De Burger, p. 444, 1977.

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• The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out.

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  Inspirational, Turtles, Progress

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• 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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  Emotional, Goal, Joy

  Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.67, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.

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  Violence, Arise, Powerlessness

  Rollo May (1998). “Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company

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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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  Love, Self, People In Your Life

  "Man's Search for Himself".

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• Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.

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  Passion, Creativity, Commitment

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• Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.

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  Becoming

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

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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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  Inspirational, Quiet People, Being Alone

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

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  Way, Planning, Forget You

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• To believe fully and at the same moment to have doubts is not at all a contradiction: it presupposes a greater respect for truth, an awareness that truth always goes beyond anything that can be said or done at any given moment.

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  Truth, Believe, Doubt

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.21, W. W. Norton & Company

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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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  Opposites, People, Our Society

  "Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice". Book by Napoleon Hill, p. 104, 1991.

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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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  Struggle, Creative, Limits

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.113, W. W. Norton & Company

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• One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

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  Blessing, Anxiety, Age

  Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.7, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

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  Friendship, Depression, Hate

  Rollo May (1969). “Love and will”

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• We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.

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  Creativity, Creating, Sequels

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.8, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact.

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  Artist, Race, Creating

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.26, W. W. Norton & Company

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