A person can meet anxiety to the extent that his values are stronger than the threat.
ROLLO MAYEvery human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, this is me and the damned world can go to hell.
More Rollo May Quotes
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Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
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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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This is what our society needs – not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can be, that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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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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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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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
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One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.
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Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.
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Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
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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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The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.
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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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Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes, our aspirations, our ideals, our beliefs. In the deepest sense the hero is created by us; he or she is born collectively as our own myth.
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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them.
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