Quotes by Rollo May

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Psychologist · American · 1909–1994

American psychologist (1909–1994)

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“If the will remains in protest it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.”
— Rollo May
forgiveness

“Hate is not the opposite of love apathy is.”
— Rollo May
indifference apathy

“If you do not express your own original ideas if you do not listen to your own being you will have betrayed yourself.”
— Rollo May
instincts

“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.”
— Rollo May
right

“I think Dostoevsky was right that every human being must have a point at which he stands against the culture where he says this is me and the damned world can go to hell.”
— Rollo May
self self knowledge