Gerald May Quotes

United States, Psychiatrist
June 12, 1940 – April, 8, 2005.

Gerald "Jerry" Gordon May was an American Psychiatrist and Theologian. He conducted workshops in contemplation and psychology, and wrote several books on how to combine spiritual direction with psychological treatment.

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

Gerald May
- Thoughts
- Zen
- Eliminating
In every feeling, look deeply. Explore without ceasing. At bottom, love is.

Gerald May
- Feeling
- Explore
- Deeply

To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.

Gerald May
- Grace
- Alive
- Addicted
The difference between work and play is only a matter of attitude. Work, fully done, is play.

Gerald May
- Work
- Play
- Attitude
Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.

Gerald May
- Way
- Come
- Blessings
Seek the truth, not what is comfortable. Seek the real, not the easy.

Gerald May
- Real
- Truth
- Comfortable
I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.

Gerald May
- Love
- Fear
- Mistakes
True growth is a process which one allows to happen rather than causes to happen.

Gerald May
- Growth
- Causes
- Happen

To experience a little hunger now and then can be a beautiful reminder of the deeper hunger of our souls.

Gerald May
- Souls
- Hunger
- Reminder
Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.

Gerald May
- Mystery
- Yield
- Mastery