The essence of being human is that, in the brief moment we exist on this spinning planet, we can love some persons and some things, in spite of the fact that time and death will ultimately claim us all. — 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
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
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
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
Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. — Rollo May Copy Share
“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.” — Rollo May Copy Share
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
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
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
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 Copy Share
We receive love — from our children as well as others — not in proportion to our demands or sacrifices or needs, but roughly… — Rollo May Copy Share
