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It is interesting to note how many of the great scientific discoveries begin as myths.
Rollo May
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Rollo May
Age: 85 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 21
Died: 1994
Died: October 22
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Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
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To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before
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Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.
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Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.
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