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title: "2 Empathic Quotes By Carl R. Rogers"
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> [ “To be with another in this \[empathic\] way means that for the time being, you lay aside your own views and values in order to enter another's world without prejudice. In some sense it means that you lay aside your… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/to-be-with-another-in-this-empathic-way-means-that-for-the-time-being/)

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

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> [“The third facilitative aspect of the relationship is empathic understanding. This means that the therapist senses accurately the feelings and personal meanings that the client is experiencing and communicates this understanding to the client. When functioning best, the therapist is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/the-third-facilitative-aspect-of-the-relationship-is-empathic/)

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

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## More by Carl R. Rogers

> [“I believe it will have become evident why, for me, adjectives such as happy, contented, blissful, enjoyable, do not seem quite appropriate to any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/i-believe-it-will-have-become-evident-why-for-me-adjectives-such-as/)

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

> [“It was found in practice that when the examinations were conducted in a spirit which led up to conclusions which were bits of advice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/it-was-found-in-practice-that-when-the-examinations-were-conducted-in/)

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

> [“I believe that even our most abstract and philosophical views spring from an intensely personal base.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/i-believe-that-even-our-most-abstract-and-philosophical-views-spring/)

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

> [“When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/when-i-have-been-listened-to-and-when-i-have-been-heard-i-am-able-to/)

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

> [“Each man must resolve within himself issues for which his society previously took full responsibility.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/each-man-must-resolve-within-himself-issues-for-which-his-society/)

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

> [“I have come to recognize that the reason I devote myself to research, and to the building of theory, is to satisfy a need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/i-have-come-to-recognize-that-the-reason-i-devote-myself-to-research/)

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

> [“Das Persönliche ist das Allgmeine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/das-pers-nliche-ist-das-allgmeine/)

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

> [“It seems to me to have value because the curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/it-seems-to-me-to-have-value-because-the-curious-paradox-is-that-when/)

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

> [“When you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/when-you-are-in-psychological-distress-and-someone-really-hears-you/)

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

> [“I am less and less a creature of influences in myself which operate beyond my ken in the realms of the unconscious. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/i-am-less-and-less-a-creature-of-influences-in-myself-which-operate/)

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

> [“With scientific discovery and invention proceeding, we are told, at the rate of geometric progression, a generally passive and culture-bound people cannot cope with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/with-scientific-discovery-and-invention-proceeding-we-are-told-at-the/)

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

> [“Somewhere here I want to bring in a learning which has been most rewarding, because it makes me feel so deeply akin to others.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/somewhere-here-i-want-to-bring-in-a-learning-which-has-been-most/)

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

> [ “To be with another in this \[empathic\] way means that for the time being, you lay aside your own views and values in order… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/to-be-with-another-in-this-empathic-way-means-that-for-the-time-being/)

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

> [“The third facilitative aspect of the relationship is empathic understanding. This means that the therapist senses accurately the feelings and personal meanings that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-r-rogers/the-third-facilitative-aspect-of-the-relationship-is-empathic/)

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

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