Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
ROLLO MAYThe 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.
More Rollo May Quotes
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Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
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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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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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Artists 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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There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
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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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There can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular – though profoundly mistaken – definition of myth as falsehood.
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Competitive individualism militates against the experience of community, and that lack of community is a centrally important factor in contemporaneous anxiety.
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Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
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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 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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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 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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Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity.
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