Author: Rollo May

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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

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

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 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

The human dilemma is that which arises out of a man's capacity to experience himself as both subject and object at the same time.

The human dilemma is that which arises out of a man's capacity to experience himself as both subject and object at the same time.

- 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

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

- 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

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

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