If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.
Rollo May
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Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
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.
Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
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.
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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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