Roberto Assagioli Quotes

People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

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

I want to be defined by my own essence.

Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things-strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality-will be added unto you.

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.

I think the future is whatever I'm willing to make it.

On some level, we as human beings can be who we want to be.

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.

It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.

The only way to become authentically powerful is to create authentic power. You cannot wish, want, or command authentic power into your life, although you can try.

You are the center of your universe, and you can make anything happen.

I choose to live, not just exist.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Freedom is about a way of thinking. Freedom is about understanding that you can do anything that you want and freedom is about being able to take information and education and make it relevant to your own growth every single day. Freedom is not staying in the box. Freedom is not doing what other people want you to do.

Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.