“We believe that it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling. The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. Being a person is not something one can do. It is not a performance. It may require that we stop our frantic business, that we take time out to breathe and to feel. In the process we may feel our pain, but if we have the courage to accept it, we will also have pleasure. If we can face our inner emptiness, we will find fulfillment. If we can go through our despair, we will discover joy. ”Alexander Lowen, 'Fear of Life.'