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

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

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

- Rollo May

Freedom always deals with 'the possible'; this gives freedom its great flexibility, its fascination, and its dangers.

Freedom always deals with 'the possible'; this gives freedom its great flexibility, its fascination, and its dangers.

- Rollo May

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

- Rollo May

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

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

- 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

Social acceptance, 'being liked,' has so much power because it holds the feelings of loneliness at bay.

Social acceptance, 'being liked,' has so much power because it holds the feelings of loneliness at bay.

- 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

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