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Existential Quote by Rollo May

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“When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.”

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Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we…

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Political freedom is to be cherished indeed. But there is no political freedom that is not indissolubly bound to the inner personal freedom of…

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Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.

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In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the…

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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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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

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Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being.

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“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.”

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By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death.

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Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind…

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One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.

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Man is the "ethical animal" ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment like freedom, reason and the…

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