It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom.
- #RolloMay
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it's conformity.” ― Rollo May
They do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. They knock on silence for an answering music; they pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean."
- #RolloMay, 'The Courage to Create'
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
The awareness that human existence is both joy and woe is the prerequisite to accepting responsibility for the effect of one's intentions.
- #RolloMay
Rollo May, ‘Love and Will’
Both of these are present in the #daimonic.”
- #RolloMay, ‘Love and Will’
Rollo May
#ROLLOMAY ON GOOD AND EVIL
“𝘿𝒊𝙖𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙤𝒔, interestingly enough, literally means "to tear apart" (𝒅𝙞𝒂-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏). Now it is fascinating to note that this diabolic is the antonym of "symbolic." The later comes from 𝒔𝙮𝒎-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏, which means "to throw together," to unite.
It is important to remind ourselves of these points since there are a number of signs that we in America may be on the threshold of a period as a nation when we shall no longer be able to camouflage or repress our despair.”
- #RolloMay
#ROLLOMAY ON DESPAIR
"The function of despair is to wipe away our superficial ideas, our delusionary hopes, our simplistic morality…
#ROLLOMAY ON WHAT WE NEED TODAY
“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.
Zor zamanlar geçirenlere umut verecek ve farklı bakış açıları kazandıracak alıntılar paylaşmak istiyorum.
Bakalım Psikolojinin büyükleri neler demişler...
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“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” - Rollo May #quotes #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #inspirationalquotes #courage #rollomay #sketch #sketchbook #drawing
They do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. They knock on silence for an answering music; they pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean."
- #RolloMay, 'The Courage to Create'
Rene Magritte, ‘La reproduction interdite (Not to be Reproduced)’ 1937
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people ... can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
We must fight against the Gods of our society, the god of conformism, the god of apathy, material success and exploitative power…these are idols of our society that are worshipped by multitudes of people #ThinkYourOwnThought #RolloMay #Year2025
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom.
- #RolloMay
« The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face. »
― Rollo May
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« Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is aware, the forms ideally do not take away from the creativity but may add to it. »
― Rollo May
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It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.
- #RolloMay
« Whereas moral courage is the righting of wrongs, creative courage, in contrast, is the discovering of new forms, new symbols, new patterns on which a new society can be built. »
― Rollo May
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« Form is not a mere lopping off of meaning that you don't have room to put into your poem; it is an aid to finding new meaning, a stimulus to condensing your meaning, to simplifying and … »
― Rollo May
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« When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings. You reject certain … »
― Rollo May
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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 … »
― Rollo May
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« Creative people, as I see them, are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness for the … »
― Rollo May
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They do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. They knock on silence for an answering music; they pursue meaninglessness until they can force it to mean."
- #RolloMay, 'The Courage to Create'
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people, as I see them, are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
« Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. »
— Rollo May
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#quotes #RolloMay #joy #happiness #goals #life #nature #purpose
« It is highly significant, and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in identification through one's own sensitivity with the suffering of one's fellow human beings. »
― Rollo May
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