The daimonic is any natural function which has the power to take over the whole person. Sex and eros, anger and rage, and the craving for power are examples. The daimonic can be either creative or destructive and is normally both.
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.
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.
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.
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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