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Rollo May Quotes

American - Psychologist | April 21, 1909 - October 22, 1994

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

Future Sad Depression Construct

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

Communication Community Understanding

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.

World Way Existence Patterns Myth

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

Life Good Care Survival Good Life

Loneliness is such an omnipotent and painful threat to many persons that they have little conception of the positive values of solitude and even, at times, are frightened at the prospect of being alone.

Positive Alone Loneliness Being Alone

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.

Journey Freedom Courage Stand Battle

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Courage Society Conformity Opposite

I believe that the therapist's function should be to help people become free to be aware of and to experience their possibilities.

Experience People Free Believe Help

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.

Freedom Wish Choose Pause Human Our

Human dignity is based upon freedom, and freedom upon human dignity. The one presupposes the other.

Freedom Dignity Human Human Dignity

The compelling drive to get at the truth is what improves us all as psychologists and is part and parcel of intellectual integrity. But I do urge that we not let the drive for honesty put blinders on us and cut off our range of vision so that we miss the very thing we set out the understand - namely, the living human being.

Integrity Honesty Truth Vision Drive

Myths give us our sense of personal identity, answering the question, 'Who am I?'

Identity Personal Who Am I Question

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