--- title: "5 Fritz Perls Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Fritz Perls quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Fritz Perls sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/antony-sher-15961_accepting-yourself_monty-talks-about-fritz-perls-and-the-ge_157430.jpg" --- > [ “\[Monty\] talks about Fritz Perls and the Gestalt theory. The here and now is the only time that exists. And being yourself.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-sher/monty-talks-about-fritz-perls-and-the-gestalt-theory-the-here-and-now/) [Antony Sher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-sher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/antony-sher-15961_accepting-yourself_monty-talks-about-fritz-perls-and-the-ge_157430.jpg) > [ “As any good teacher of dreams will tell you, you are all the people in your dream. Fritz Perls taught, "\[All\] the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/as-any-good-teacher-of-dreams-will-tell-you-you-are-all-the-people-in/) [Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/lawrence-kushner-14033_dream_as-any-good-teacher-of-dreams-will-tell_694174.jpg) > [“Reich’s genius birthed tools we’ve yet to fully grasp: his character armor and muscular armoring concepts seeded ego psychology, body psychotherapy, Gestalt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-galian/reich-s-genius-birthed-tools-we-ve-yet-to-fully-grasp-his-character/) [Laurence Galian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-galian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/laurence-galian-19144_berceli_reich-s-genius-birthed-tools-we-ve-yet-t_1333615.jpg) > [“Lose your mind and come to your senses. FRITZ PERLS”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anodea-judith/lose-your-mind-and-come-to-your-senses-fritz-perls/) [Anodea Judith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anodea-judith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/anodea-judith-15476_mind_lose-your-mind-and-come-to-your-senses-f_3040783.png) > [“Gestalt therapist Fritz Perls: ‘I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-jelbert/gestalt-therapist-fritz-perls-i-do-my-thing-and-you-do-your-thing-i/) [Will Jelbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-jelbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/will-jelbert-14232_gestalt_gestalt-therapist-fritz-perls-i-do-my-th_3195535.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fritz-perls/#itemlist", "name": "Fritz Perls Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[Monty] talks about Fritz Perls and the Gestalt theory. The here and now is the only time that exists. And being yourself. Not accepting yourself, not taking yourself for granted. Being yourself. Your self. 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