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One does not become fully human painlessly.

One does not become fully human painlessly.

Rollo May
Reality, Doe, Humans
"Existential-Phenomenological Alternatives for Psychology". Book by Ronald S. Valle, 1978.

When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.

Rollo May
Reality, Existentialism, Humans
Rollo May (1994). “Existence”, p.27, Jason Aronson

The first thing necessary for a constructive dealing with time is to learn to live in the reality of the present moment. For psychologically speaking, this present moment is all we have.

Rollo May
Reality, Firsts, Moments
Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.200, W. W. Norton & Company

Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.

Rollo May
Courage, Reality, Like Love
Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

Anxiety is an even better teacher than reality, for one can temporarily evade reality by avoiding the distasteful situation; but anxiety is a source of education always present because one carries it within.

Rollo May
Teacher, Reality, Anxiety
Rollo May Ph.D. (2015). “The Meaning Of Anxiety”, p.66, Pickle Partners Publishing

The value of dreams, like ... divinations, is not that they give a specific answer, but that they open up new areas of psychic reality, shake us out of our customary ruts, and throw light on a new segment of our lives. Thus the sayings of the shrine, like dreams, were not to be received passively; the recipients had to "live" themselves into the message.

Rollo May
Dream, Reality, Light
Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.106, W. W. Norton & Company

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