Man's Search for Himself

by Rollo May

But to flee from one’s anxiety, or to rationalize one’s way out of it, only makes one weaker in the long run.

We could go farther and point out that finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men.

Thus every person’s life could be portrayed by a graph of differentiation—how far has he freed himself from automatic dependencies, become an individual, able then to relate to his fellows on the new level of self-chosen love, responsibility and creative work?