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• Actualization of self cannot be sought as a goal in its own right. . . . Rather, it seems to be a…
• Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love.
• A choice which confronts every one of us at every moment is this: Shall we permit our fellow men to know us…
• The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows.…
• We encourage people to believe that there is only one identity, one role, one way for them to be, one value for…
• You cannot collaborate with another person toward some common end unless you know him. How can you know him, and he you,…
• We learn to deceive ourselves while we are trying to deceive others.
• The experience of surprise is a sign of one's readiness to grow.
• This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms.
• Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Because we feel that way,…
• We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we…
• Amazement and wonder signify that one's concepts of self and of the world and of other people are ready to be re-formed.

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