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Rollo May quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously. Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
Rollo May quotes: Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose. Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose.
Rollo May quotes: Forge in the smithy of your soul. Forge in the smithy of your soul.
Rollo May quotes: Depression is the inability to construct a future. Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Rollo May quotes: When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship. When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.
Rollo May quotes: We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being. We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
Rollo May quotes: Whether we are 'Freudians' or not, as I am not, we are surely all post-Freudian. He set the tone for vast changes in our culture Whether we are 'Freudians' or not, as I am not, we are surely all post-Freudian. He set the tone for vast changes in our culture
Rollo May quotes: Escapist creativity is that which lacks encounter. Escapist creativity is that which lacks encounter.
Rollo May quotes: By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness. By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.
Rollo May quotes: They pursue meaninglessness until they force it to mean. They pursue meaninglessness until they force it to mean.
Rollo May quotes: The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face. The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.
Rollo May quotes: I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate. I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
Rollo May quotes: One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential. One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
Rollo May quotes: Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence. Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.
Rollo May quotes: The creative process must be explored ... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves. The creative process must be explored ... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves.
Rollo May quotes: One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves. One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.
Rollo May quotes: It is amazing how many hints and guides and intuitions for living come to the sensitive person who has ears to hear what his body is saying. It is amazing how many hints and guides and intuitions for living come to the sensitive person who has ears to hear what his body is saying.
Rollo May quotes: There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history. There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
Rollo May quotes: One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it. One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.
Rollo May quotes: 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 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
Rollo May quotes: Myths are like the beams in a house: not exposed to outside view, they are the structure which holds the house together so people can live in it. Myths are like the beams in a house: not exposed to outside view, they are the structure which holds the house together so people can live in it.
Rollo May quotes: People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are. People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.
Rollo May quotes: There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship forever. There is an energy field between humans. And, when we reach out in passion, it is met with an answering passion and changes the relationship forever.
Rollo May quotes: A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.
Rollo May quotes: One has to remain detached in order to triumph over others One has to remain detached in order to triumph over others
Rollo May quotes: Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism. Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.
Rollo May quotes: We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic. We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.
Rollo May quotes: Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead. Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.
Rollo May quotes: Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness. Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
Rollo May quotes: Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act. Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
Rollo May quotes: If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against. If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.
Rollo May quotes: Physical courage in whatever scene ... seems to hinge on whether the individual can feel he is fighting for others as well as himself. Physical courage in whatever scene ... seems to hinge on whether the individual can feel he is fighting for others as well as himself.
Rollo May quotes: No one can separate themselves from one's social group and remain healthy, because the very structure of personality is dependent on the community. No one can separate themselves from one's social group and remain healthy, because the very structure of personality is dependent on the community.
Rollo May quotes: All our feelings, like the artist's paints and brush, are ways of communicating and sharing something meaningful from us to the world. All our feelings, like the artist's paints and brush, are ways of communicating and sharing something meaningful from us to the world.
Rollo May quotes: One does not become fully human painlessly. One does not become fully human painlessly.
Rollo May quotes: Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other. Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.
Rollo May quotes: Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves. Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Rollo May quotes: Neurosis may be called a negating of possibilities; it is the shrinking up of one's world. The development of the self is this radically curtailed. Neurosis may be called a negating of possibilities; it is the shrinking up of one's world. The development of the self is this radically curtailed.
Rollo May quotes: Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day. Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.
Rollo May quotes: By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death. By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death.
Rollo May quotes: Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35) Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
Rollo May quotes: It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know. It is dangerous to know, but it is more dangerous not to know.
Rollo May quotes: The schizoid man is the natural product of the technological man. It is one way to live and is increasingly utilized and it may explode into violence. The schizoid man is the natural product of the technological man. It is one way to live and is increasingly utilized and it may explode into violence.
Rollo May quotes: They showed considerable anxiety because they were in the process of loving beauty. They showed considerable anxiety because they were in the process of loving beauty.
Rollo May quotes: In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the insurgents. In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the insurgents.
Rollo May quotes: Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age. Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age.
Rollo May quotes: Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation. Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.
Rollo May quotes: The insight is born with anxiety, guilt and the joy and gratification that is inseparable from the actualizing of a new idea or vision. The insight is born with anxiety, guilt and the joy and gratification that is inseparable from the actualizing of a new idea or vision.
Rollo May quotes: I became a psychotherapist because that's where people will unburden themselves, where they will show what is in their hearts. I became a psychotherapist because that's where people will unburden themselves, where they will show what is in their hearts.
Rollo May quotes: The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free. The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free.
Rollo May quotes: Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it? Does not the possibility or the power to do something about the situation at hand confer on one the responsibility to do it?
Rollo May quotes: All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life. All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.
Rollo May quotes: Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom. Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.
Rollo May quotes: It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible. It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible.
Rollo May quotes: Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center. Creativity occurs as an act of encounter, and is to be understood with this encounter at the center.
Rollo May quotes: Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice. Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
Rollo May quotes: I'm just a collection of mirrors, reflecting what everyone else expects of me. I'm just a collection of mirrors, reflecting what everyone else expects of me.
Rollo May quotes: Receptivity requires a nimbleness, a fine-honed sensitivity in order to let one's self be the vehicle of whatever vision may emerge. Receptivity requires a nimbleness, a fine-honed sensitivity in order to let one's self be the vehicle of whatever vision may emerge.
Rollo May quotes: There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change. There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.
Rollo May quotes: Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
Rollo May quotes: The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity. The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity.
Rollo May quotes: Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get. Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get.
Rollo May quotes: Finding the center of strenghth within ourselves is in the long run best contribution we can do to our fellow man Finding the center of strenghth within ourselves is in the long run best contribution we can do to our fellow man
Rollo May quotes: The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out. The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out.
Rollo May quotes: What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience? What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
Rollo May quotes: One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment. One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment.
Rollo May quotes: The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them. The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
Rollo May quotes: Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Rollo May quotes: A person can meet anxiety to the extent that his values are stronger than the threat. A person can meet anxiety to the extent that his values are stronger than the threat.
Rollo May quotes: People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
Rollo May quotes: In 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. In 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 quotes: When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility. When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.
Rollo May quotes: The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line. The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.
Rollo May quotes: Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations. Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations.
Rollo May quotes: We receive love roughly in proportion to our capacity to love. We receive love roughly in proportion to our capacity to love.
Rollo May quotes: Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible. Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
Rollo May quotes: The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves. The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.
Rollo May quotes: It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way. It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.
Rollo May quotes: Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is. Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
Rollo May quotes: Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line. Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.
Rollo May quotes: This is hard for parents to say genuinely. This is hard for parents to say genuinely.
Rollo May quotes: Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
Rollo May quotes: Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about. Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
Rollo May quotes: The personal freedom to think & feel & speak authentically & to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human. The personal freedom to think & feel & speak authentically & to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human.
Rollo May quotes: Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears. Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.
Rollo May quotes: What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning. What Kierkegaard said about love is also true of creativity: every person must start at the beginning.
Rollo May quotes: In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone. In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.
Rollo May quotes: The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively. The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.
Rollo May quotes: Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power. Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power.
Rollo May quotes: Myth safeguards and enforces morality, as Malinowski proclaimed, and if there are no myths there will be no morality. Myth safeguards and enforces morality, as Malinowski proclaimed, and if there are no myths there will be no morality.
Rollo May quotes: One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him. One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.
Rollo May quotes: To say a person is a coward has no more meaning than to say he is lazy: It simply tells us that some vital potentiality is unrealized or blocked. To say a person is a coward has no more meaning than to say he is lazy: It simply tells us that some vital potentiality is unrealized or blocked.
Rollo May quotes: Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world. Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world.
Rollo May quotes: The battle with the gods thus hinges on our own mortality! Creativity is a yearning for immortality. The battle with the gods thus hinges on our own mortality! Creativity is a yearning for immortality.
Rollo May quotes: Along with the loss of the sense of self has gone a loss of our language for communicating deeply personal meanings to each other. Along with the loss of the sense of self has gone a loss of our language for communicating deeply personal meanings to each other.
Rollo May quotes: Those we call saints rebelled against an outmoded and inadequate form of God on the basis of their new insights into divinity. Those we call saints rebelled against an outmoded and inadequate form of God on the basis of their new insights into divinity.
Rollo May quotes: Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it. Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.
Rollo May quotes: Self-love is not only necessary and good, it is a prerequisite for loving others. Self-love is not only necessary and good, it is a prerequisite for loving others.
Rollo May quotes: Conscious anxiety is more painful but it is available also to use in the service of integration of the self. Conscious anxiety is more painful but it is available also to use in the service of integration of the self.

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