30 quotes by Carl Rogers for those who are passionate about psychology

I feel happier just being myself and letting others be themselves.

The more an individual is understood and accepted, the more likely he is to let go of the false defenses he has used to face life, and to progress on a constructive path.

In my relationships with people I have found that it doesn’t help, in the long run, to act like I’m something I’m not.

It is always highly enriching to be able to accept another person.

Being empathetic is seeing the world through someone else’s eyes, not seeing our world reflected in their eyes.

It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to take, what problems are crucial, and what experiences are embedded.

The only person who cannot be helped is the person who blames others.

I have found that it enriches me to open channels through which others can communicate their feelings, their particular perception of the world.

One day we’ll realize that you can’t arrest birds or hearts; and that being together is not being on the side, but on the inside.

Life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.

Life, at its best, is a process that flows, changes and where nothing is fixed.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I can change.

I’m not perfect, but I’m enough.

I think it’s evident that a person who was fully open to every new experience, completely devoid of a defensive attitude, would live every moment of his life as new.

The degree to which I can create relationships that facilitate the growth of others as separate people is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.

Am I living in a way that deeply satisfies me and really expresses me?

There is direction, but there is no destination.

I’m sorry when I hold back my feelings for too long and they explode in distorted, aggressive, or painful ways.

In my relationships with people, I’ve found that it doesn’t help in the long run to act like I’m something I’m not.

You cannot be afraid of death, really, you can only be afraid of life.

Recognizing that “I am the one who chooses” and “I am the one who determines the value of an experience for me” is an invigorating and frightening realization.

It is so obvious when a person is not hiding behind a facade, but speaking from deep within himself.

I like to consider myself a silent revolutionary.

The only way to understand another culture is to assume that culture’s frame of reference.

The strongest force in our universe is not dominant power, but love.

People are as wonderful as sunsets, if you let them. I don’t try to control the sunset. I watch in awe as this unfolds.

I have come to recognize that the reason I engage in research and theory building is to satisfy a need to perceive order and meaning, a subjective need that exists in me.

I believe that even our most abstract and philosophical views arise from an intensely personal basis.

It becomes easier for me to accept myself as a decidedly flawed person who by no means functions at all times the way I would like to function.

Can I “accept” a person’s anger against me as an authentic aspect of themselves? Can I “accept” the person if their beliefs and values ​​are different from mine?