Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
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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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One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.
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This is what makes heroism so important: it reflects our own sense of identity and from this our own heroism is molded.
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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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Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
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Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
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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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Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age.
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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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It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
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However it may be confounded or covered up or counterfeited, this elemental capacity to fight against injustice remains the distinguishing characteristic of human beings.
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The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one’s own convictions – not obstinately or defiantly
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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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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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In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.
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