"Symbols are specific acts or figures, while myths……" — Rollo May
"Symbols are specific acts or figures, while myths develop and elaborate these symbols into a story which contains characters and several episodes. The myth is thus more inclusive. But both symbol and myth have the same function psychologically; they are man's way of expressing the quintessence of his experience - his way of seeing his life, his self-image and his relations to the world of his fellow men and of nature - in a total figure which at the same moment carries the vital meaning of this experience."
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Rollo May
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154 Quotes by Rollo May
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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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What anxiety means is it's as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you…
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Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for…
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Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form…
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All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in…
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Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center.
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Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of…
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We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to…
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We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
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The individual human is still the creature who can wonder, who can be enchanted by a sonata, who can place…
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Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
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Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity…
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