All 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… Culture
- Vanity and narcissism — the compulsive need to be admired and praised — undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather… Admired
- Neither Kierkegaard nor Nietzsche had the slightest interest in starting a movement – or a new system, a thought which would indeed have offended them.… Both
- 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… Deepest
- When inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as… Affect
- A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning… Discover
- Our age is one of transition, in which the normal channels for utilizing the daimonic are denied; and such ages tend to be times when… Age
- A historical perspective can also help free us from the ever-present danger -- especially at danger in the social sciences -- of absolutizing a theory… Culture
- Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism. Becoming
- One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it. Easiest
- We receive love roughly in proportion to our capacity to love. Capacity
- Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods. Courage
- Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is aware,… Add
- Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible. Becoming
- The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them. Act
- The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free. Existential
- That because of this interplay of conscious and unconscious factors in guilt and the impossibility of legalistic blame, we are forced into an attitude of… Acceptance
- Our thesis is that symbols and myths are an expression of man's unique self-consciousness, his capacity to transcend the immediate concrete situation and see his… Aspect
- Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other. Apart
- Symbols are specific acts or figures, while myths develop and elaborate these symbols into a story which contains characters and several episodes. The myth is… Acts
- Terrorism and the whole drug scene are vivid examples of the fact that what persons abhor most of all in life is the possibility that… Abhor
- We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic. Always Base
- We must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong. People who claim to… Absolutely
- Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with… Distance
- Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead. Ahead