All Rollo May Quotes
- There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change. Change
- Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose. Ability
- The creative process must be explored... as the expression of the normal people in the act of actualizing themselves. Act
- Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act. Accurate
- I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate. Active
- Self-love is not only necessary and good, it is a prerequisite for loving others. Good
- Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day. Achieved
- Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. Courage
- They pursue meaninglessness until they force it to mean. Force
- The personal freedom to think & feel & speak authentically & to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human. Authentically
- Courage is required not only in a person's occasional crucial decision for his own freedom, but in the little hour-to-hour decisions which place the bricks… Acts
- Creativity is the encounter of the intensively conscious human being with his world. Conscious
- We define religion as the assumption that life has meaning. Religion, or lack of it, is shown not in some intellectual or verbal formulations but… Assumption
- Anxiety is an even better teacher than reality, for one can temporarily evade reality by avoiding the distasteful situation; but anxiety is a source of… Always Present
- Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Bringing
- Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice. Add
- By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death. Able
- Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact. Artist
- 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. Cling
- 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,… All
- Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Affect
- One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment. Admitted
- Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age. Age
- Those we call saints rebelled against an outmoded and inadequate form of God on the basis of their new insights into divinity. Bases
- Suffering is nature's way of indicating a mistaken attitude or way of behavior, and to the nonegocentric person every moment of suffering is the opportunity… Attitude