The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
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Carl Rogers
American psychologist who developed client-centered (person-centered) therapy. Published On Becoming a Person (1961) and received the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.
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The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
What is most personal is most universal.
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you can let them be.
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good.
Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills and capacities.