Philosophy of Mind Quotes by Rollo May

10 Philosophy of Mind quotes by Rollo May

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Rollo May’s ten brief insights probe the tension between freedom and anxiety. His existential flavor offers a concise yet potent glimpse into how we confront the inner landscape of thoughts and emotions.

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Every being has the need not only to be but to affirm his own being. This is especially significant for the human…

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By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.

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Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations.

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Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.

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Our thesis is that symbols and myths are an expression of man's unique self-consciousness, his capacity to transcend the immediate concrete situation…

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Tools and techniques ought to be an extension of consciousness, but they can just as easily be a protection from consciousness. Then…

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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…

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That because of this interplay of conscious and unconscious factors in guilt and the impossibility of legalistic blame, we are forced into…

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Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward…

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“But there comes a point (and this is the challenge facing modern technological Western man) when the cult of technique destroys feeling,…

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Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we…

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Political freedom is to be cherished indeed. But there is no political freedom that is not indissolubly bound to the inner personal freedom of…

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Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.

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In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the…

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One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

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Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being.

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“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.”

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By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death.

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Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind…

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One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.

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Man is the "ethical animal" ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment like freedom, reason and the…

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