01UndatedHumor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem a way of standing off and looking at one's problems with perspective.Rollo May / quote ↗
02UndatedIf the will remains in protest it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.Rollo May / quote ↗
04UndatedIf you do not express your own original ideas if you do not listen to your own being you will have betrayed yourself.Rollo May / quote ↗
06UndatedIn my clinical experience the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.Rollo May / quote ↗
07UndatedI think Dostoevsky was right that every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture where he says this is me and the damned world can go to hell.Rollo May / quote ↗
08UndatedThe most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.Rollo May / quote ↗
09UndatedCreativity 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 / quote ↗
10UndatedJoy, 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 / quote ↗
11UndatedLife comes from physical survival but the good life comes from what we care about.Rollo May / quote ↗
12UndatedThe opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.Rollo May / quote ↗
13UndatedIt 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 / quote ↗
14UndatedCourage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.Rollo May / quote ↗
15UndatedThe 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 / quote ↗
16UndatedCare is a state in which something does matter it is the source of human tenderness.Rollo May / quote ↗
17UndatedFreedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.Rollo May / quote ↗
18UndatedHuman freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.Rollo May / quote ↗
