"Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of……" — Rollo May

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

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154 Quotes by Rollo May

Rollo May has 154 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you…
Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for…
Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form…
All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in…
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…
We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to…
We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place…
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity…

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More Awareness Quotes

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn… — Richard Bach
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. — Arthur Balfour
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my… — Scott Adams
We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error… — Joko Beck
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. — William Blake
The eye altering, alters all. — William Blake

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