We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misunderstood. When we are misunderstood, especially by family and friends, we join the 'lonely crowd.' Worse... we… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share Image
We encourage people to believe that there is only one identity, one role, one way for them to be, one value for them to… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
You cannot collaborate with another person toward some common end unless you know him. How can you know him, and he you, unless you… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love. — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Because we feel that way, we present… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
Learning is not a task or a problem-it is a way to be in the world. Man learns as he pursues goals and projects… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misunderstood.… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
Actualization of self cannot be sought as a goal in its own right. . . . Rather, it seems to be a by-product of… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
A choice which confronts every one of us at every moment is this: Shall we permit our fellow men to know us as we… — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
Amazement and wonder signify that one's concepts of self and of the world and of other people are ready to be re-formed. — Sidney Jourard Copy Share
