Rollo May Short Quotes

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The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.

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Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

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Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.

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There is no meaningful "yes" unless the individual could also have said "no."

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Now it is no longer a matter of deciding what to do, but of deciding how to decide.

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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

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Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have been the same person.

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A person can meet anxiety to the extent that his values are stronger than the threat.

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It is interesting to note how many of the great scientific discoveries begin as myths.

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Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.

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Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.

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I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.

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Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

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Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

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Every act of genuine creativity means achieving a higher level of self-awareness and personal freedom.

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Depression can be usefully seen, from one point of view, as the inability to see or construct a future.

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Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.

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

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The practical implication is that one's goal is to live each moment with freedom, honesty and responsibility.

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You can live without a father who accepts you, but you cannot live without a world that makes some sense to you.

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The past has meaning as it lights up the present, and the future as it makes the present richer and more profound.

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The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.

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One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.

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Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us.

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Reason works better when emotions are present; the person sees sharper and more accurately when his emotions are engaged.

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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.

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By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.

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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 fears.

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When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.

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Physical courage in whatever scene … seems to hinge on whether the individual can feel he is fighting for others as well as himself.

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