Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
ROLLO MAYRecall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
More Rollo May Quotes
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This is what makes heroism so important: it reflects our own sense of identity and from this our own heroism is molded.
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A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
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Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.
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The danger always exists that our technology will serve as a buffer between us and nature, a block between us and the deeper dimensions of our own experience.
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It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
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What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
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The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
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When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.
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Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
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To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive – to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before
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Humor is the healthy way of feeling “distance” between one’s self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one’s problem with perspective.
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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Like a chemical mixture, if one of us is changed, both of us will be. Will we grow in self-actualization, or will it destroy us?
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Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. … One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him.
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