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> [It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/it-is-astonishing-how-elements-that-seem-insoluble-become-soluble/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

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> [When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/when-someone-really-hears-you-without-passing-judgment-on-you-without/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

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> [It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens, how confusions that seem irremediable turn into relatively clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/it-is-astonishing-how-elements-that-seem-insoluble-become-soluble-2/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

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## More by Carl Rogers

> [A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live fully in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/a-second-characteristic-of-the-process-which-for-me-is-the-good-life/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/each-person-is-an-island-unto-himself-in-a-very-real-sense-and-he-can/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/it-is-the-client-who-knows-what-hurts-what-directions-to-go-what/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [Life is about Being & Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/life-is-about-being-becoming/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [The genuinely significant creation, whether an idea, or a work of art, or a scientific discovery, is most likely to be seen at first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/the-genuinely-significant-creation-whether-an-idea-or-a-work-of-art/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/adults-who-think-that-children-must-be-manipulated-for-their-own-good/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/the-state-of-empathy-or-being-empathic-is-to-perceive-the-internal/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [In a person who is open to experience each stimulus is freely relayed through the nervous system, without being distorted by any process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/in-a-person-who-is-open-to-experience-each-stimulus-is-freely-relayed/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [It is that the individual has within him or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering the self-concept basic attitudes, and his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/it-is-that-the-individual-has-within-him-or-herself-vast-resources/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [We in the West seem to have made a fetish out of complete individual self-sufficiency, of not needing help, of being completely private except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/we-in-the-west-seem-to-have-made-a-fetish-out-of-complete-individual/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [I think my deepest criticism of the educational system . . . is that it's all based upon a distrust of the student. Don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/i-think-my-deepest-criticism-of-the-educational-system-is-that-it-s/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/the-curious-paradox-is-that-when-i-accept-myself-just-as-i-am-then-i/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [It's an awful risky thing to live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [To be original, or different, is felt to be "dangerous."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/to-be-original-or-different-is-felt-to-be-dangerous/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

> [Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/man-s-inability-to-communicate-is-a-result-of-his-failure-to-listen/)

[Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/)

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