However it may be confounded or covered up or counterfeited, this elemental capacity to fight against injustice remains the distinguishing characteristic of human beings.
ROLLO MAYArtists love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever unsatisfied with the mundane, the apathetic, the conventional, they always push on to newer worlds.
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Suffering is nature’s way of indicating a mistaken attitude or way of behavior, and to the nonegocentric person every moment of suffering is the opportunity for growth. People should rejoice in suffering, strange as it sounds, for this is a sign of the availability of energy to transform their characters.
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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 relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
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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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Every 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.
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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
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Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
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The first thing necessary for a constructive dealing with time is to learn to live in the reality of the present moment. For psychologically speaking, this present moment is all we have.
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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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Vanity and narcissism – the compulsive need to be admired and praised – undermine one’s courage, for one then fights on someone else’s conviction rather than one’s own.
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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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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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Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?
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