Being human Quote by Rollo May

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

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

Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.

— Rollo May

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

One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

— Rollo May

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

— Rollo May

Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being.

— Rollo May

“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.”

— Rollo May

By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death.

— Rollo May

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

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

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