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Rollo May Quotes about Evil

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

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

Rollo May
People, Evil, Tears
Rollo May (1985). “My Quest for Beauty”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.

Rollo May
Errors, Evil, Looks
Rollo May (1999). “Freedom and Destiny”, p.227, W. W. Norton & Company

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Like a chemical mixture, if one of us is changed, both of us will be. Will we grow in self-actualization, or will it destroy us? The one thing we can be certain of is that if we let ourselves fully into the relationship for good or evil, we will not come out unaffected.

Rollo May
Relationship, Self, Evil

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