Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“Much self-condemnation is a cloak for arrogance. Those who think they overcome pride by condemning themselves could well ponder Spinoza's remark "One… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
In the utopian aim of removing all power and aggression from human behavior, we run the risk of removing self-assertion, self-affirmation, and… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
The daimonic refers to the power of nature rather than the superego, and is beyond good and evil. Nor is it man's… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
There is no meaningful yes unless the individual could also have said no. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Myths give us our sense of personal identity, answering the question, 'Who am I?' — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Political freedom is to be cherished indeed. But there is no political freedom that is not indissolubly bound to the inner personal freedom of… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.” — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Joy is the zest that you get out of using your talents, your understanding, the totality of your being, for great aims...That's the kind… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Man is the "ethical animal" ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment like freedom, reason and the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
