Art is a substitute for violence.
~ Rollo May

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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
~ Rollo May

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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.
~ Rollo May

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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
~ Rollo May

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When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.
~ Rollo May

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The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely stagnate; the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity and despair, and eventually into destructive activities.
~ Rollo May

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