Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
More Quotes from Rollo May:
The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.Rollo May
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Rollo May
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
It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
Rollo May
Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.
Rollo May
One does not become fully human painlessly.
Rollo May
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