Author: Rollo May

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The cooperative, loving side of existence goes hand in hand with coping and power, but neither the one nor the other can be neglected if life is to be gratifying.

The cooperative, loving side of existence goes hand in hand with coping and power, but neither the one nor the other can be neglected if life is to be gratifying.

- Rollo May

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

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

- Rollo May

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

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

- Rollo May

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

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

- Rollo May

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

- Rollo May

Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.

Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.

- Rollo May

If we are to achieve freedom, we must do so with a daring and a profundity that refuse to flinch at engaging our destiny.

If we are to achieve freedom, we must do so with a daring and a profundity that refuse to flinch at engaging our destiny.

- Rollo May

Our particular problem in America at this point in history is the widespread loss of the sense of individual significance, a loss which is sensed inwardly as impotence.

Our particular problem in America at this point in history is the widespread loss of the sense of individual significance, a loss which is sensed inwardly as impotence.

- Rollo May

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

- Rollo May

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