Rollo May Quotes

I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

I have always been more of a truth-seeking person since I was quite young.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.

What do I really think? What do I believe in, without the horse manure?

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

I am not 'in pursuit of truth.' It is not my 'quarry.' I am of my human nature a thinker, and conscious of need, responsibility of thinking-speaking with truth. I do not go about hunting 'truths.'

And so it's inescapable and people who proclaim scrupulous honesty can only proclaim that if they don't examine closely the things they believe.