“Facilitative attitudes (and skills) can help a therapist gain entry into the group Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem Acceptance of the problems experienced by the group where they are clearly defined as issues Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future” MayMatterHelpingProblemSeemsDesireChoicesIndividualAttitudeIssuesGroupsAcceptanceExpressionSkillsGainsCapacityExtremesDefinedOutcomesOpennessTherapistsEntryFreedom Of ChoiceAllowanceIndividual Expression Author:Carl Rogers
“Scholars, who pride themselves on speaking their minds, often engage in a form of self-censorship which is called "realism." To be "realistic" in dealing with a problem is to work only among the alternatives which the most powerful in society put forth. It is as if we are all confined to a, b, c, or d in the multiple choice test, when we know there is another possible answer. American society, although it has more freedom of expression than most societies in the world, thus sets limits beyond which respectable people are not supposed to think or speak.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldMindSelfProblemFormChoicesSpeakAnswersPowerfulExpressionPrideLimitsTestsAlternativesMost PowerfulRealisticCensorshipScholarRealismMultipleConfinedRespectableFreedom Of ExpressionAmerican SocietyMultiple ChoiceSelf Censorship Book:The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy Source: The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
“I do not think that safety should be bought at the cost of complicating the expression of good solutions to real-life problems.” ThinkingShouldRealProblemExpressionCostSolutionsSafetyReal Life Author:Bjarne Stroustrup
“Donald Judd spoke of a 'neutral' surface, but what is meant? Neutrality must involve some relationship (to other ways of painting, thinking?) He would have to include these in his work to establish the neutrality of that surface. He also used 'non' or 'not' - expressive - this is an early problem - a negative solution or - expression of new sense - which can help one into - what one has not known. 'Neutral' expresses an intention.” ThinkingWayHelpingProblemUsedKnownPaintingExpressionSolutionsNegativeIntentionSurfaceSpokesExpressiveNeutrality Author:Jasper Johns
“If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from a problem, but also of those arising in subsequent analysis, generalization, and specialization.” IfsProblemExpressionToolsNotionAnalysisConvenientGeneralizationSpecialization Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“Suppression of expression conceals the real problems confronting a society and diverts public attention from the critical issues. It is likely to result in neglect of the grievances which are the actual basis of the unrest, and thus prevent their correction.” RealProblemResultsAttentionIssuesAtheismExpressionBasesCriticalPositive AtheismNeglectCorrectionsReal ProblemsSuppressionGrievanceConfrontingUnrest Author:Thomas I. Emerson
“Force, punishment, and violence are patriarchy's answer to conflicts and social problems. Patriarchy finds its ultimate expression in war.” WarProblemForceSocialAnswersViolenceExpressionConflictUltimatePunishmentPatriarchySocial Problems Author:Starhawk
“One of the problems that we have in the human rights community is that special interests often forget the interests of other victims, and there's competition among victims expressions that are unnecessary.” HumansProblemInterestCommunityForgetRightsSpecialExpressionVictimCompetitionHuman RightsUnnecessarySpecial Interests Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The expression of a man's face is commonly a help to his thoughts, or glossary on his speech; but the countenance of Newman Noggs, in his ordinary moods, was a problem which no stretch of ingenuity could solve.” MenCharacterHelpingProblemFacesInterestingExpressionSpeechOrdinarySolveMoodIngenuityCountenanceInteresting CharactersNewman Book:Novels Source: Novels
“Removed from its more restrictive sense, masturbation has become an expression for everything that has proved, for lack of human contact, to be void of meaning. We have communication problems, suffer from egocentrism and narcissism, are frustrated by information glut and loss of environment; we stagnate despite the rising GNP.” HumansProblemSufferingLossEnvironmentInformationExpressionCommunicationContactDespiteRisingVoidNarcissismFrustratedMasturbationCommunication Problems Author:Gunter Grass
“Here [in the USA], you have the best laws for freedom of expression. The problem is that expression can be bought by people who don't want you have it. Apparently, true patriotism destroys freedom of expression.” PeopleWantProblemLawExpressionUsaFreedom Of ExpressionTrue Patriotism Author:Marjane Satrapi
“And heresy is, as I have tried to show, largely the expression of opinion of the untutored average man, trying to grapple with the problems of the universe at the point where they begin to interfere with his daily life and thought.” MenTryingShowsProblemUniverseOpinionExpressionAverageDaily LifeInterfereHeresyAverage Man Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“Creativity is the ability to find new solutions to a problem or new modes of expression; thus it brings into existence something new to the individual and to the culture.” ProblemCultureIndividualAbilityExistenceCreativityExpressionSolutionsSomething NewSolution To A Problem Author:Betty Edwards
“The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an expression of how you actually feel. Not only that, but words rarely change things. Actions do.” FeelsEnoughProblemActionLosesExpressionTics Author:Seth Godin
“I don't like the expression "writer's block" because I think it presupposes that you have a problem with your plumbing. I really think it's the other way around.” ThinkingWayProblemExpressionBlockWriter's BlockPlumbing Author:Etgar Keret
“Some cultures tried to stop people from expressing themselves. In Mao's China, for example, the Communists tried to stop individual expression. For them the payoff was a society of equality. The problem of course is that it didn't work.” PeopleProblemCultureCoursesIndividualExampleExpressionChinaCommunistMaoPayoffIndividual Expression Author:Frank Gehry
“In the US the problem has been, for instance, that Nazis have rights of free expression, right? But other kinds of racist speech is not protected. And you have to link the speech to conduct or to a certain kind of threat against minority population. I know that in Europe, this kind of framework doesn't exist in the same way so it's very difficult to make the analogy.” KnowsWayKindHas BeensProblemCertainDifficultRightsExpressionSpeechEuropeThreatPopulationInstanceMinoritiesRacistLinksProtectedNaziFrameworkAnalogiesFree Expression Author:Judith Butler
“Every big company has some little guy who is an enthusiast off in the corner working on technology. In Japan, it is integrated into their high-level strategy. They see it as a communication medium, because for them, just the words - and this is the problem that they have with Americans - just the words they say to you is not the complete message. Their facial expressions, their body language, there is a lot of context. Also, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well.” WellsLittlesProblemBodyBigsGuyLanguageLevelsCompanyTechnologyWrittenExpressionCommunicationMessagesStrategyCornersMediumsJapanTranslateIntegratedKeyboardsHigh LevelBody LanguageFacialOf ContextBig CompaniesFacial ExpressionWritten Language Author:Howard Rheingold
“Transience is what is normal. The problem is that we are busily trying to create political structures and cultural expressions that deny that and to deny that is to deny the basic idea of what is human.” TryingHumansIdeasProblemPoliticalExpressionNormalStructureDenyTransience Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, down throw and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.” WritingSelfProblemEffortExpressionVictoryAngelBeastMadmenSelf ExpressionUpheavalEnquirySubjugation Book:The collected letters Source: The collected letters