The one thing we can be certain of is that if we let ourselves fully into the relationship for good or evil, we will not come out unaffected.
ROLLO MAYForge in the smithy of your soul.
More Rollo May Quotes
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Forge in the smithy of your soul.
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Competitive individualism militates against the experience of community, and that lack of community is a centrally important factor in contemporaneous anxiety.
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All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.
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The essence of being human is that, in the brief moment we exist on this spinning planet, we can love some persons and some things, in spite of the fact that time and death will ultimately claim us all.
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Mass communication–wonder as it may be technologically and something to be appreciated and valued–presents us wit a serious daner, the danger of conformism, due to the fact that we all view the same things at the same time in all the cities of the country. (p. 73)
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There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship forever.
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Religion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One’s religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for.
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Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.
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This personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.
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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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When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.
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Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
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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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