Rollo May Psychologist
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Apr 21, 1909
- Died: Oct 22, 1994
Rollo Reece May was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will. He is often associated with humanistic psychology, existentialist philosophy and, alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work.
As well as Love and Will, May's works also include The Meaning of Anxiety and, titled in honor of Tillich's The Courage to Be, The Courage to Create.
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
freedom
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
communication
Depression is the inability to construct a future.
the future
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
courage & society
Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
courage
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
freedom