The authentic rebel knows that the silencing of all his adversaries is the last thing on earth he wishes: their extermination would deprive him and whoever else remains alive from the uniqueness, the originality, and the capacity for insight that these enemies being human also have and could share with him. If we wish the death of our enemies, we cannot talk about the community of man. In the losing of the chance for dialogue with our enemies, we are the poorer.
The rebel is committed to giving a form and pattern to the world. It is a pattern born of the indomitable thrust of the human mind, the mind which ma… - Rollo May
The rebel is committed to giving a form and pattern to the world. It is a pattern born of the indomitable thrust of the human mind, the mind which ma…
- Rollo May
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. - Rollo May
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. - Rollo May
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. - Rollo May
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom. - Rollo May
Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.
Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose. - Rollo May
Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
One does not become fully human painlessly. - Rollo May
One does not become fully human painlessly.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves. - Rollo May
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35) - Rollo May
Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
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