Rollo May
Rollo May
Rollo Reece Maywas an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will. He is often associated with humanistic psychology, existentialist philosophy and, alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 April 1909
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational commitment no-commitment
We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.
change courage-to-change
There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.
freedom moving journey
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.
needs life-is
One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.
life people decision
People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day to day.
teacher reality anxiety
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 education always present because one carries it within.
men humanity understanding
Existential psychotherapy is the movement which, although standing on one side on the scientific analysis owed chiefly to the genius of Freud , also brings back into the picture the understanding of man on the deeper and broader level man as the being who is human. It is based on the assumption that it is possible to have a science of man which does not fragmentize man and destroy his humanity at the same moment as it studies him. It unites science and ontology .
art imagination what-if
What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
purpose used will-power
Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power.
reality firsts moments
The first thing necessary for a constructive dealing with time is to learn to live in the reality of the present moment. For psychologically speaking, this present moment is all we have.
artist order forever
Artists love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever unsatisfied with the mundane, the apathetic, the conventional, they always push on to newer worlds.
leadership commitment leader
One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment.
healing cures process
I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
evil people tears
Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.