Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs - not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can be, that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves. β¨ Man's Search for Himself by Rollo May, (p. 56), 1953.
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- The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
- Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other. β¨ Rollo May (1985). My Quest for Beauty, W W Norton & Company I β¦ βΆ
- When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship. β¨ Rollo May (1994). Existence, p.27, Jason Aronson
- People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day. β¨ Rollo May (1994). The Courage to Create, p.14, W. W. Norton & Company
- What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has been during the last several decades in this country. Hen β¦ βΆ
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