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The self is made up, on its growing edge, of the models, forms, metaphors, myths, and all other kinds of psychic content which give it direction in its self-creation. This is a process that goes on continuously.

— Rollo May The Courage to Create (1975)

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Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Man’s Search for Himself (1953)

The daimonic needs to be directed and channeled. Here is where human consciousness becomes so important.

Love and Will (1969)

A person can meet anxiety to the extent that his values are stronger than the threat.

Psychology and the Human Dilemma (1967)

Now it is no longer a matter of deciding what to do, but of deciding how to decide.

Love and Will (1969)

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

Love and Will (1969)

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