"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity."
-Rollo May
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"Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.“
-Rollo May
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"The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt."
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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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"Depression is the inability to construct a future."
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"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight."
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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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