It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way; and we grasp more fiercely at research, statistics, and technical aids in sex when we have lost the values and meaning of love.
ROLLO MAYThere is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
More Rollo May Quotes
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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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Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.
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Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, “This is me and the world be damned!” Leaders have always been the ones to stand against the society – Socrates, Christ, Freud, all the way down the line.
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When you are completely absorbed or caught up in something, you become oblivious to things around you, or to the passage of time. It is this absorption in what you are doing that frees your unconscious and releases your creative imagination.
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There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
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Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
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Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.
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Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
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If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
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Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one’s death.
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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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Freedom is man’s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
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The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning “heart.” Thus just as one’s heart, by pumping blood to one’s arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function.
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There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.
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