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
block destiny way
In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.
freedom men hands
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
nihilism becoming ethical
Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.
age normal transition
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.