All Carl Rogers Quotes
- When I can relax, and be close to the transcendental core of me, then I may behave in strange and impulsive ways in the relationship,… Become Something
- When a person realizes he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten. I think in some real sense he is weeping for joy. It is… Been
- I believe I know why it is satisfying to me to hear someone. When I can really hear someone, it puts me in touch with… All
- There is another peculiar satisfaction in really hearing someone: It is like listening to the music of the spheres, because beyond the immediate message of… All
- So, as you can readily see from what I have said thus far, a creative, active, sensitive, accurate, empathic, nonjudgmental listening is for me terribly… Accurate
- True empathy is always free of any evaluative or diagnostic quality. This comes across to the recipient with some surprise. "If I am not being… Abnormal
- Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment. Empathy
- Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and ourself, a kind of attuning and understanding. When empathy is extended, it satisfies our… Aloneness
- The education situation which most effectively promotes significant learning is one in which (1) threat to the self of the learner is reduced to a… Differential
- I prize the privilege of being alone. Alone
- It is astonishing how elements which seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens. How confusions which seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when… Astonishing
- Though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often without preparation for the partnership function. How much agony and remorse and failure could… Agony
- Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable. Behavior
- It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens. Astonishing
- Experience is, for me, the highest authority. Authority
- Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in himself,… Adults
- People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are. Accepted
- We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of… Change
- I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional ups and downs;… Accept
- It's an awful risky thing to live Awful
- I was forced to stretch my thinking, to realize that sincere and honest people could believe in very divergent religious doctrines. Believe
- 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… All
- Life is about Being & Becoming Becoming
- The way of being with another person which is termed empathic...means temporarily living in their life, moving abut in it delicately without making judgment... to… Abut
- Don't be the ammunition wagon, be the rifle knowledge exists primarily for use. Ammunition