“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” - Rollo May #quotes #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #inspirationalquotes #courage #rollomay #sketch #sketchbook #drawing
April 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” - Rollo May #quotes #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #inspirationalquotes #courage #rollomay #sketch #sketchbook #drawing
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October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#ROLLOMAY ON WHAT SOCIETY NEEDS NOW
"Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him.
"Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him.
May 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
#ROLLOMAY ON WHAT SOCIETY NEEDS NOW
"Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him.
"Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him.
#ROLLOMAY ON GOOD AND EVIL
“𝘿𝒊𝙖𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙤𝒔, interestingly enough, literally means "to tear apart" (𝒅𝙞𝒂-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏). Now it is fascinating to note that this diabolic is the antonym of "symbolic." The later comes from 𝒔𝙮𝒎-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏, which means "to throw together," to unite.
“𝘿𝒊𝙖𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙤𝒔, interestingly enough, literally means "to tear apart" (𝒅𝙞𝒂-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏). Now it is fascinating to note that this diabolic is the antonym of "symbolic." The later comes from 𝒔𝙮𝒎-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏, which means "to throw together," to unite.
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#ROLLOMAY ON GOOD AND EVIL
“𝘿𝒊𝙖𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙤𝒔, interestingly enough, literally means "to tear apart" (𝒅𝙞𝒂-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏). Now it is fascinating to note that this diabolic is the antonym of "symbolic." The later comes from 𝒔𝙮𝒎-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏, which means "to throw together," to unite.
“𝘿𝒊𝙖𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙤𝒔, interestingly enough, literally means "to tear apart" (𝒅𝙞𝒂-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏). Now it is fascinating to note that this diabolic is the antonym of "symbolic." The later comes from 𝒔𝙮𝒎-𝒃𝙤𝒍𝙡𝒆𝙞𝒏, which means "to throw together," to unite.
The awareness that human existence is both joy and woe is the prerequisite to accepting responsibility for the effect of one's intentions.
- #RolloMay
- #RolloMay
August 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The awareness that human existence is both joy and woe is the prerequisite to accepting responsibility for the effect of one's intentions.
- #RolloMay
- #RolloMay
This is what our society needs — not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can "be", that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.”
- #RolloMay
- #RolloMay
May 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This is what our society needs — not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can "be", that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves.”
- #RolloMay
- #RolloMay
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
"Creative people can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
September 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
"Creative people can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
It is important to remind ourselves of these points since there are a number of signs that we in America may be on the threshold of a period as a nation when we shall no longer be able to camouflage or repress our despair.”
- #RolloMay
- #RolloMay
June 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It is important to remind ourselves of these points since there are a number of signs that we in America may be on the threshold of a period as a nation when we shall no longer be able to camouflage or repress our despair.”
- #RolloMay
- #RolloMay
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people ... can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
"Creative people ... can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
March 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people ... can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
"Creative people ... can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
« When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings. You reject certain … »
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November 26, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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« Artists are generally soft-spoken persons who are concerned with their inner visions and images. But that is precisely what makes them feared by any coercive society... »
— Rollo May
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Artists are generally soft-spoken persons who are concerned with their inner visions and images. But that is precisely what makes them feared by any coercive society. (...) Forever unsatisfied with...
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October 26, 2023 at 11:35 PM
« Artists are generally soft-spoken persons who are concerned with their inner visions and images. But that is precisely what makes them feared by any coercive society... »
— Rollo May
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« Dogmatists of all kinds — scientific, economic, moral, as well as political — are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so. »
— Rollo May
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
Dogmatists of all kinds — scientific, economic, moral, as well as political — are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so.
— Rollo May
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October 26, 2023 at 12:10 AM
« Dogmatists of all kinds — scientific, economic, moral, as well as political — are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so. »
— Rollo May
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#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people, as I see them, are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
"Creative people, as I see them, are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
November 18, 2024 at 6:44 PM
#ROLLOMAY ON CREATIVITY
"Creative people, as I see them, are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
"Creative people, as I see them, are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, & defenselessness for the gift of the “divine madness,” to borrow the term used by the classical Greeks.
« Those who present directly and immediately the new forms and symbols are the artists — the dramatists, the musicians, the painters, the dancers, the poets, and those poets of the religious sphere we call saints (...) »
— Rollo May
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— Rollo May
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October 27, 2023 at 10:43 PM
« Those who present directly and immediately the new forms and symbols are the artists — the dramatists, the musicians, the painters, the dancers, the poets, and those poets of the religious sphere we call saints (...) »
— Rollo May
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« When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings (...) »
— Rollo May
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings. You reject certain ways of...
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November 27, 2023 at 12:12 AM
« When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings (...) »
— Rollo May
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« It is highly significant, and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in identification through one’s own sensitivity with the suffering of one’s fellow human beings. »
— Rollo May
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
It is highly significant, and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in identification through one's own sensitivity with the suffering of one's fellow human beings.
— Rollo May
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November 1, 2023 at 4:54 PM
« It is highly significant, and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in identification through one’s own sensitivity with the suffering of one’s fellow human beings. »
— Rollo May
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« Form is not a mere lopping off of meaning that you don't have room to put into your poem; it is an aid to finding new meaning, a stimulus to condensing your meaning, to simplifying and … »
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
Form is not a mere lopping off of meaning that you don't have room to put into your poem; it is an aid to finding new meaning, a stimulus to condensing your meaning, to simplifying and purifying it,...
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November 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
« Form is not a mere lopping off of meaning that you don't have room to put into your poem; it is an aid to finding new meaning, a stimulus to condensing your meaning, to simplifying and … »
― Rollo May
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« When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings. You reject certain … »
― Rollo May
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#quotes #RolloMay #poetry #limitations #meanings
― Rollo May
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings. You reject certain ways of...
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August 27, 2024 at 12:04 AM
« When you write a poem, you discover that the very necessity of fitting your meaning into such and such a form requires you to search in your imagination for new meanings. You reject certain … »
― Rollo May
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