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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.Rollo May
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Much self-condemnation, thus, is a cloak for arrogance. Those who think they overcome pride by condemning themselves could well ponder Spinoza's remark, 'One who despises himself is the nearest to a proud man'. In ancient Athens, when a politician was trying to get the votes of the working class by appearing very humble in a tattered coat with big holes in it, Socrates unmasked his hypocrisy by exclaiming, 'Your vanity shows forth from every whole in your coat'.Rollo May
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One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.Rollo May
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Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.Rollo May