Rollo May — Quote from Love and Will
“Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.”
Love and Will (1969)
Concepts: love, solidarity, agency
Resonant Quotes
- “Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of comm...” — bell hooks, All About Love May's conception of care as the source of human tenderness finds its natural expression in hooks' vision of healing t...
- “For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty ov...” — Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain Mann's imperative to preserve goodness and love against death's sovereignty aligns with May's understanding of care a...
- “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever ...” — Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan May's definition of care as the source of tenderness provides the psychological foundation for Vonnegut's life purpos...
- “Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a standing in, not a falling...” — Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving May's care as mattering illuminates the motivational core of Fromm's active love, showing how genuine giving springs ...
- “Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless me...” — Paulo Freire, The Politics of Education May's definition of care as active mattering directly challenges the detached stance that Freire identifies as compli...
- “Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. To be healed we must come...” — bell hooks, All About Love Both locate the foundation of human connection in attending to what matters—hooks through communal healing, May throu...
- “For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people a...” — bell hooks, All About Love May's definition of care as the source of human tenderness provides the emotional foundation for hooks' practice of c...
- “If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don't see.” — James Baldwin, A Rap on Race Baldwin's consciousness-raising love and May's caring tenderness both understand that authentic care involves active ...