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
creativity creative able
By the creative act, we are able to reach beyond our own death.
struggle creative limits
The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
becoming
Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
joy use effects
Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.
struggle creativity writing
Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is aware, the form ideally do not take away from the creativity but may add to it.
love capacity-to-love capacity
We receive love roughly in proportion to our capacity to love.
meaningful artist feelings
All our feelings, like the artist's paints and brush, are ways of communicating and sharing something meaningful from us to the world.
character men self
Symbols are specific acts or figures, while myths develop and elaborate these symbols into a story which contains characters and several episodes. The myth is thus more inclusive. But both symbol and myth have the same function psychologically; they are man's way of expressing the quintessence of his experience - his way of seeing his life, his self-image and his relations to the world of his fellow men and of nature - in a total figure which at the same moment carries the vital meaning of this experience.
people way dangerous
People only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.
errors evil looks
The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.
inspirational turtles progress
The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out.
personality community healthy
No one can separate themselves from one's social group and remain healthy, because the very structure of personality is dependent on the community.
way planning forget-you
One of the easiest ways to be irresponsible about power is to forget you have it.
distance self perspective
Humor is the healthy way of feeling "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.