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 MAYCreativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
More Rollo May Quotes
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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Like a chemical mixture, if one of us is changed, both of us will be. Will we grow in self-actualization, or will it destroy us?
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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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A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.
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Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
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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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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.
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Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the presence of tension that is necessary to preserve human existence.
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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 amazing how many hints and guides and intuitions for living come to the sensitive person who has ears to hear what his body is saying.
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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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Freedom is man’s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
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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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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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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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Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
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