--- title: "1 Risky Thing Quotes By Carl Rogers" description: "1 Risky Thing quotes by Carl Rogers. Plus more from Carl Rogers and more Risky Thing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/carl-rogers-6883_awful_it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live-223703_223703.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/carl-rogers-6883_awful_it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live-223703_223703.jpg) ## 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/risky-thing/carl-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "1 Risky Thing Quotes By Carl Rogers", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's an awful risky thing to live", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rogers/it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/carl-rogers-6883_awful_it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live-223703_223703.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/carl-rogers-6883_awful_it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live-223703_223703.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/carl-rogers-6883_awful_it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live-223703_223703.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's an awful risky thing to live” — Carl Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/risky-thing/carl-rogers/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/risky-thing/carl-rogers/", "name": "Risky Thing Quotes by Carl Rogers", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/risky-thing/carl-rogers/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/carl-rogers-6883_awful_it-s-an-awful-risky-thing-to-live-223703_223703.jpg" }, "description": "1 Risky Thing quotes by Carl Rogers. 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