351 Quotes by Rollo May

The first thing necessary for a constructive dealing with time is to learn to live in the reality of the present moment. For psychologically speaking, this present moment is all we have.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.

Artists love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever unsatisfied with the mundane, the apathetic, the conventional, they always push on to newer worlds.

By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.

One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment.

Everyone has a need for significance; and if we can't make that possible, or even probable, in our society, then it will be obtained in destructive ways.

I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.

Creativity is a yearning for immortality

Evil, in this system of ethics, is that which tears apart, shuts out the other person, raises barriers, sets people against each other.