--- title: "13 Ifs Quotes By Carl Rogers" description: "13 Ifs quotes by Carl Rogers. Plus more from Carl Rogers and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/carl-rogers-6883_empathy_powerful-is-our-need-to-be-known-really_2809650.jpg" --- > [Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/powerful-is-our-need-to-be-known-really-known-by-ourselves-and-others/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/carl-rogers-6883_empathy_powerful-is-our-need-to-be-known-really_2809650.jpg) > [Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/carl-rogers-6883_bridges_each-person-is-an-island-unto-himself-in_21284.jpg) > [If I can listen to what he can tell me, if I can understand how it seems to him; if I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/if-i-can-listen-to-what-he-can-tell-me-if-i-can-understand-how-it/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/carl-rogers-6883_change_if-i-can-listen-to-what-he-can-tell-me-i_1291326.jpg) > [I have learned that in any significant or continuing relationship, feelings which are persistent had best be expressed. If they are expressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/i-have-learned-that-in-any-significant-or-continuing-relationship/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/carl-rogers-6883_continuing_i-have-learned-that-in-any-significant-o_2365487.jpg) > [If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/if-i-were-to-search-for-the-central-core-of-difficulty-in-people-as-i/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/carl-rogers-6883_cases_if-i-were-to-search-for-the-central-core_763941.jpg) > [If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/if-we-value-independence-if-we-are-disturbed-by-the-growing/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/carl-rogers-6883_attitude_if-we-value-independence-if-we-are-distu_1069060.jpg) > [The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/carl-rogers-6883_accuracy_the-state-of-empathy-or-being-empathic-i_98998.jpg) > [Though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often without preparation for the partnership function. How much agony and remorse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/though-modern-marriage-is-a-tremendous-laboratory-its-members-are/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/carl-rogers-6883_agony_though-modern-marriage-is-a-tremendous-l_904158.jpg) > [I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/i-realize-that-if-i-were-stable-prudent-and-static-i-d-live-in-death/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/carl-rogers-6883_accepting_i-realize-that-if-i-were-stable-prudent_1482214.jpg) > [If the time comes when our culture tires of the endless homicidal feuds, despairs of the use of force and war as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/if-the-time-comes-when-our-culture-tires-of-the-endless-homicidal/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/carl-rogers-6883_alternatives_if-the-time-comes-when-our-culture-tires_456663.jpg) > [To perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/to-perceive-the-internal-frame-of-reference-of-another-with-accuracy/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/carl-rogers-6883_accuracy_to-perceive-the-internal-frame-of-refere_592383.jpg) > [An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/an-empathic-way-of-being-can-be-learned-from-empathic-persons-perhaps/) [Carl Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/carl-rogers-6883_ability_an-empathic-way-of-being-can-be-learned_1862673.jpg) > [It is that the individual has within him or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering the self-concept basic attitudes, and his…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/carl-rogers-6883_attitude_it-is-that-the-individual-has-within-him_144704.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/carl-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "13 Ifs Quotes By Carl Rogers", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/powerful-is-our-need-to-be-known-really-known-by-ourselves-and-others/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/carl-rogers-6883_empathy_powerful-is-our-need-to-be-known-really_2809650.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/carl-rogers-6883_empathy_powerful-is-our-need-to-be-known-really_2809650.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/carl-rogers-6883_empathy_powerful-is-our-need-to-be-known-really_2809650.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment.” — Carl Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is first of all willing to be himself and permitted to be himself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/each-person-is-an-island-unto-himself-in-a-very-real-sense-and-he-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/carl-rogers-6883_bridges_each-person-is-an-island-unto-himself-in_21284.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/carl-rogers-6883_bridges_each-person-is-an-island-unto-himself-in_21284.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/carl-rogers-6883_bridges_each-person-is-an-island-unto-himself-in_21284.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands…” — Carl Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I can listen to what he can tell me, if I can understand how it seems to him; if I can see its personal meaning for him, if I can sense the emotional flavor which it has for him, then I will be releasing potent forces of change in him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/if-i-can-listen-to-what-he-can-tell-me-if-i-can-understand-how-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/carl-rogers-6883_change_if-i-can-listen-to-what-he-can-tell-me-i_1291326.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/carl-rogers-6883_change_if-i-can-listen-to-what-he-can-tell-me-i_1291326.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/carl-rogers-6883_change_if-i-can-listen-to-what-he-can-tell-me-i_1291326.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I can listen to what he can tell me, if I can understand how it seems to him; if I can see its personal…” — Carl Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have learned that in any significant or continuing relationship, feelings which are persistent had best be expressed. 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