Rollo May Quotes

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
Rollo May

Communication, Community, Intimacy

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

Yourself, Ideas, Listen

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Rollo May

Courage, Society, Cowardice

Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Rollo May

Future, Depression, Inability

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
Rollo May

Courage, Rather, Despair

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.
Rollo May

Death, Live, Human

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
Rollo May

Human, Lost, Run

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
Rollo May

Love, Hate, Apathy

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
Rollo May

Freedom, Courage, Battle

One does not become fully human painlessly.
Rollo May

Human, Become, Fully

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Rollo May

Freedom, Ourselves, Hand

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
Rollo May

Freedom, Human, Wish

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
Rollo May

Life, Happiness, Experience

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
Rollo May

Doubt, Between, Means

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
Rollo May

Life, Good, Care

Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Rollo May

Care, Human, Matter

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: April 21, 1909

Died: October 22, 1994

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