Rollo May Quotes

Rollo May Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Rollo May
Type:
Psychologist
Nationality:
American
Birth day:
April 21
Birth year:
1909

  • 1
    Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. Rollo May
  • 2
    Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. Rollo May
  • 3
    Depression is the inability to construct a future. Rollo May
  • 4
    Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves. Rollo May
  • 5
    Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is. Rollo May
  • 6
    Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. Rollo May
  • 7
    If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself. Rollo May
  • 8
    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
  • 9
    It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. Rollo May
  • 10
    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
  • 11
    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
  • 12
    Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about. Rollo May
  • 13
    The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. Rollo May

 

 

 

 

 

 

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