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Experience Quote by Rollo May

“The human dilemma is that which arises out of a man's capacity to experience himself as both subject and object at the same time.” quote by Rollo May — Download Open image

“The human dilemma is that which arises out of a man's capacity to experience himself as both subject and object at the same time.”

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