Rollo May Existentialism Quotations

It is interesting to note how many of the great scientific discoveries begin as myths.

Indeed, compulsive and rigid moralism arises in given persons precisely as the result of a lack of sense of being. Rigid moralism is a compensatory mechanism by which the individual persuades himself to take over the external sanctions because he has no fundamental assurance that his own choices have any sanction of their own

One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.

When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.