Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.
Rollo MayA historical perspective can also help free us from the ever-present danger -- especially at danger in the social sciences -- of absolutizing a theory or method which is actually relative to the fact that we live at a given moment in time in the development of our particular culture.
Rollo MayHuman freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
Rollo MayConsciousness is the awareness that emerges out of the dialectical tension between possibilities and limitations.
Rollo MayLove is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.
Rollo MayWe must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong. People who claim to be absolutely convinced that their stand is the only right one...is a dead giveaway of unconscious doubt. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt.
Rollo May