Every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture, where he says, “This is me and the world be damned!” Leaders have always been the ones to stand against the society – Socrates, Christ, Freud, all the way down the line.
ROLLO MAYTo love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive – to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before
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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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One does not become fully human painlessly.
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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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Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. … One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him.
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Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them.
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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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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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Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
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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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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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Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
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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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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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One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
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