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True self

Submitted by WorkCreatively on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:59

"Only the true self can be creative and only the true self can feel real."

— D.W. Winnicott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Winnicott#False_self

Winnicott's "false self" at work

Submitted by WorkCreatively on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 10:33

"Only the true self can be creative and only the true self can feel real." -- D.W. Winnicott

The false self is a term that was introduced by Donald Winnicott. A number of authors have written of the pressures in one's working life to be something other than one's true self. Some of these quotes remain among the most poignant of any I've collected. In interviews with people who were dying the most common regret was: "I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me."

Any kindness

Submitted by WorkCreatively on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 18:43

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.

— this is generally credited to Grellet, but without proven attribution

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Grellet

Deeper struggles

Submitted by WorkCreatively on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 00:45

"Our deeper struggles are in effect our greatest spiritual and creative assets and the doors to whatever creativity we might possess."

— David Whyte

Competition among vermin

Submitted by WorkCreatively on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 23:48

"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy."

— Wendell Berry

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