“Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.”

— Rollo May, The Courage to Create (1975), Ch. 1: The Courage to Create, p. 13

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.”

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.”

“Conquer anger with love, evil with good, meanness with generosity, and lies with truth.”

“Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.”

“Now, Aeneas, is the hour for courage, now for a dauntless heart!”

“The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.”

“Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.”