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Inspirational Quotes by Rollo May
- Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
- Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center.
- Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.
- We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
- There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship…
- One does not become fully human painlessly.
- We receive love roughly in proportion to our capacity to love.
- Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
- We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.
- We must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong. People who claim to…
- There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.
- Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.
- Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.
- Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.
- By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death.
- Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us.
- The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out.
- If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.
- This is hard for parents to say genuinely.
- Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
- It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
- 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.
- One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
- One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.
- It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento