Carl R. Rogers Quotes

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

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

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

We live by a perceptual "map" which is never reality itself.

I believe that even our most abstract and philosophical views spring from an intensely personal base.

When you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!

I am isolated. I sit in a glass ball, I see people through a glass wall. I scream, but they do not hear me.- Ellen West

I believe that individuals nowadays are probably more aware of their inner loneliness than has ever been true before in history.

I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful.

The intolerant "true believer" is a menace to any field, yet I suspect each one of us finds traces of that person in ourself.

When the locus of evaluation is seen as residing in the expert, it would appear that the long-range social implications are in the direction of the social control of the many by the few.

What is most personal is most universal.