It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
ROLLO MAYPeople attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
More Rollo May Quotes
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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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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.
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A mien which seems to say, “You are looking at somebody now.” For this inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.
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Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.
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Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.
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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.
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It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible.
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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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Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.
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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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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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Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.
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Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
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When I fall in love, I feel more valuable and I treat myself with more care. We have all observed the hesitant adolescent, uncertain of himself, who, when he or she falls in love, suddenly walks with a certain inner assuredness and confidence/
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Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
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