“A person can meet anxiety to the extent that his values are stronger than the threat.”

— Rollo May, Psychology and the Human Dilemma, 1967

About Rollo May

1909 – 1994

American existential psychologist, author of "Love and Will" and "The Courage to Create".

“Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom.”

“One cannot fight what one does not know.”

“We are more apt to feel depressed by the perpetually smiling individual than the one who is honestly sad.”

“When in doubt, tell the truth.”

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”

“I never "worry" about action, but only about inaction.”

“The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear.”

“Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.”