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“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
Existential psychologist
The Courage to Create (1975), Ch. 1 : The Courage to Create, p. 13
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