If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself
Rollo May quote Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
Rollo May quote The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
Rollo May quote Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
Rollo May quote It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
Rollo May quote 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 quote Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
Rollo May quote Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Rollo May quote Biography
Writer, 1909 - 1994, best known for his work on our struggles in living in the modern world
