George Gilder
author, economist, technology writer
Rollo May
American psychologist (1909-1994)
Rollo Reece Maywas an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969). He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy.
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About the Rollo May
Rollo Reece Maywas an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Willand The Courage to Create (1975), named after Tillich’s The Courage to Be.
16 Quotes by Rollo May
- 1.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 2.
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 3.
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 4.
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 5.
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 MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 6.
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 MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 7.
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 MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 8.
Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 9.
Freedom is man’s capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 10.
One does not become fully human painlessly.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 11.
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 12.
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 MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 13.
It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 14.
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 15.
Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)
- 16.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909-1994)