"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight."
-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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"Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing."
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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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"Depression is the inability to construct a future."
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"Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death."
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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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