Famous Rollo May Quotes

  • Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all. – Rollo May

    Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.– Rollo May

  • Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. – Rollo May

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

  • One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves. – Rollo May

    One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.– Rollo May

  • Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations. – Rollo May

    Consciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations.– Rollo May

  • When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship. – Rollo May

    When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.– Rollo May

  • The battle with the gods thus hinges on our own mortality! Creativity is a yearning for immortality. – Rollo May

    The battle with the gods thus hinges on our own mortality! Creativity is a yearning for immortality.– Rollo May

  • Escapist creativity is that which lacks encounter. – Rollo May

    Escapist creativity is that which lacks encounter.– Rollo May

  • Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line. – Rollo May

    Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.– Rollo May

  • In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone. – Rollo May

    In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.– Rollo May

  • Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism. – Rollo May

    Science, Nietzsche had warned, is becoming a factory, and the result will be ethical nihilism.– Rollo May