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Rollo May Quotes

People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day Picture Quote #1

It is amazing how many hints and guides and intuitions for living come to the sensitive person who has ears to hear what his body is saying Picture Quote #1

It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible Picture Quote #1

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 go to hell Picture Quote #1

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 the daimonic is expressed in its most destructive form Picture Quote #1

One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it Picture Quote #1

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The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them Picture Quote #1

Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other Picture Quote #1

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 they will not matter Picture Quote #1

Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead Picture Quote #1

Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose Picture Quote #1

I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate Picture Quote #1

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Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day Picture Quote #1

The personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human Picture Quote #1

It is infinitely safer to know that the man at the top has his doubts, as you and I have ours, yet has the courage to move ahead in spite of these doubts Picture Quote #1

Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons, longing, as all individuals do, to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all heir because we are individuals, can participate in a relationship that, for the moment, is not of two isolated selves but a union Picture Quote #1

Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism Picture Quote #1

The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage Picture Quote #1

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In any age courage is the simple virtue needed for a human being to traverse the rocky road from infancy to maturity of personality. But in an age of anxiety, an age of her morality and personal isolation, courage is a sine qua non. In periods when the mores of the society were more consistent guides, the individual was more firmly cushioned in his crises of development; but in times of transition like ours, the individual is thrown on his own at an earlier age and for a longer period Picture Quote #1

What anxiety means is it’s as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to make something, you need to do something. I think anxiety, for people who have found their own heart and their own souls, for them it is a stimulus toward creativity, toward courage. It’s what makes us human beings Picture Quote #1

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 of feeling that goes with creativity. That’s why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you’re born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy Picture Quote #1

Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes, our aspirations, our ideals, our beliefs. In the deepest sense the hero is created by us; he or she is born collectively as our own myth. This is what makes heroism so important: it reflects our own sense of identity and from this our own heroism is molded Picture Quote #1

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 of the universal human situation and a recognition of the participation of every one of us in man’s inhumanity to man Picture Quote #1

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 be absolutely convinced that their stand is the only right one... is a dead giveaway of unconscious doubt. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt Picture Quote #1

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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 in one’s total orientation to life. Religion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One’s religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for Picture Quote #1

We are more apt to feel depressed by the perpetually smiling individual than the one who is honestly sad. If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself Picture Quote #1

Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity Picture Quote #1

It may sound surprising when I say, on the basis of my own clinical practice as well as that of my psychological and psychiatric colleagues, that the chief problem of people in the middle decade of the twentieth century is emptiness Picture Quote #1

In any discussion of religion and personality integration the question is not whether religion itself makes for health or neurosis, but what kind of religion and how is it used? Freud was in error when he held that religion is per se a compulsion neurosis. Some religion is and some is not Picture Quote #1

The crucial question which confronts us in psychology and other aspects of the science of man is precisely this chasm between what is abstractly true and what is existentially real for the given living person Picture Quote #1

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People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day (Rollo May Quotes) It is amazing how many hints and guides and intuitions for living come to the sensitive person who has ears to hear what his body is saying (Rollo May Quotes) It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible (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 go to hell (Rollo May Quotes) 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 the daimonic is expressed in its most destructive form (Rollo May Quotes) One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it (Rollo May Quotes) The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them (Rollo May Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 they will not matter (Rollo May Quotes) Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead (Rollo May Quotes) Real freedom is the ability to pause between stimulus and response, and in that pause, choose (Rollo May Quotes) I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate (Rollo May Quotes) Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day (Rollo May Quotes) The personal freedom to think and feel and speak authentically and to be conscious of so doing is the quality that distinguishes us as human (Rollo May Quotes) It is infinitely safer to know that the man at the top has his doubts, as you and I have ours, yet has the courage to move ahead in spite of these doubts (Rollo May Quotes) Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons, longing, as all individuals do, to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all heir because we are individuals, can participate in a relationship that, for the moment, is not of two isolated selves but a union (Rollo May Quotes) Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism (Rollo May Quotes) The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage (Rollo May Quotes) In any age courage is the simple virtue needed for a human being to traverse the rocky road from infancy to maturity of personality. But in an age of anxiety, an age of her morality and personal isolation, courage is a sine qua non. In periods when the mores of the society were more consistent guides, the individual was more firmly cushioned in his crises of development; but in times of transition like ours, the individual is thrown on his own at an earlier age and for a longer period (Rollo May Quotes) What anxiety means is it’s as though the world is knocking at your door, and you need to create, you need to make something, you need to do something. I think anxiety, for people who have found their own heart and their own souls, for them it is a stimulus toward creativity, toward courage. It’s what makes us human beings (Rollo May Quotes) 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 of feeling that goes with creativity. That’s why I say the courage to create. Creation does not come out of simply what you’re born with. That must be united with your courage, both of which cause anxiety, but also great joy (Rollo May Quotes) Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes, our aspirations, our ideals, our beliefs. In the deepest sense the hero is created by us; he or she is born collectively as our own myth. This is what makes heroism so important: it reflects our own sense of identity and from this our own heroism is molded (Rollo May Quotes) 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 of the universal human situation and a recognition of the participation of every one of us in man’s inhumanity to man (Rollo May Quotes) 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 be absolutely convinced that their stand is the only right one... is a dead giveaway of unconscious doubt. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt (Rollo May Quotes) 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 in one’s total orientation to life. Religion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One’s religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for (Rollo May Quotes) We are more apt to feel depressed by the perpetually smiling individual than the one who is honestly sad. If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself (Rollo May Quotes) Many people feel they are powerless to do anything effective with their lives. It takes courage to break out of the settled mold, but most find conformity more comfortable. This is why the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it’s conformity (Rollo May Quotes) It may sound surprising when I say, on the basis of my own clinical practice as well as that of my psychological and psychiatric colleagues, that the chief problem of people in the middle decade of the twentieth century is emptiness (Rollo May Quotes) In any discussion of religion and personality integration the question is not whether religion itself makes for health or neurosis, but what kind of religion and how is it used? Freud was in error when he held that religion is per se a compulsion neurosis. Some religion is and some is not (Rollo May Quotes) The crucial question which confronts us in psychology and other aspects of the science of man is precisely this chasm between what is abstractly true and what is existentially real for the given living person (Rollo May Quotes)

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