Rollo May Quotes on Choice
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The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
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The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
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Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
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Freedom and Destiny (1981)