People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
ROLLO MAYThe word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning “heart.” Thus just as one’s heart, by pumping blood to one’s arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function.
More Rollo May Quotes
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One does not become fully human painlessly.
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Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.
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Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
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Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
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There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
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It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way; and we grasp more fiercely at research, statistics, and technical aids in sex when we have lost the values and meaning of love.
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In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person’s development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.
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Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)
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The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one’s own convictions – not obstinately or defiantly
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The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
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Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
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All our feelings, like the artist’s paints and brush, are ways of communicating and sharing something meaningful from us to the world.
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I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
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When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.
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Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.
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