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Rollo May Quotes: We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
         

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


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

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



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

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



Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.



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

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



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.

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.



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

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



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



The schizoid man is the natural product of the technological man. It is one way to live and is increasingly utilized and it may explode into violence.

The schizoid man is the natural product of the technological man. It is one way to live and is increasingly utilized and it may explode into violence.





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When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?



Gather the courage to encourage yourself. Your self-motivation will energize you to dream of bigger ambitions to accomplish in life!

Gather the courage to encourage yourself. Your self-motivation will energize you to dream of bigger ambitions to accomplish in life!



Once upon a time, when I was young, his forgetting might have rendered my memory meaningless. I no longer require so much from life.

Once upon a time, when I was young, his forgetting might have rendered my memory meaningless. I no longer require so much from life.



Via self-talk we give our mind instructions on what we expect of ourselves and so behave accordingly. Change the instructions and we change the outcomes.

Via self-talk we give our mind instructions on what we expect of ourselves and so behave accordingly. Change the instructions and we change the outcomes.



The difference between success & failure isn't ability as much as action.

The difference between success & failure isn't ability as much as action.



... I suppose that it is not so easy to go home and it takes a bit of time to make a son out of a stranger.

... I suppose that it is not so easy to go home and it takes a bit of time to make a son out of a stranger.



The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.

The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.



If you tell most people what libertarians think, they immediately assume that you cannot mean it all the way, that you're really just taking a position for argument's sake.

If you tell most people what libertarians think, they immediately assume that you cannot mean it all the way, that you're really just taking a position for argument's sake.



Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.

Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.





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