Now, I believe in life, and I believe in the joy of human existence, but these things cannot be experienced except as we also face the despair, also face the anxiety that every human being has to face if he lives with any creativity at all.
Rollo MayThere is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
Rollo MayFortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is a prerequisite for loving others.
Rollo MayWhen inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as a daimonic necessity for contact, a mad drive forcing touch in the most direct way possible.
Rollo MayMany people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.
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, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values wither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
Rollo May