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)
ROLLO MAYRecall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
More Rollo May Quotes
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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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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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What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.
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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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In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person’s development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.
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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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There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
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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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So courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values wither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
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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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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
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Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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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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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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