“ There is no doubt that I am selective in my listening, hence "directive" if people wish to accuse me of this. I am centered in the group member who is speaking, and am unquestionably much less interes… Carl R. Rogers
“ The third facilitative aspect of the relationship is empathic understanding. This means that the therapist senses accurately the feelings and personal meanings that the client is experiencing and comm… Carl R. Rogers
“ 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 as though he were saying, "Thank God, somebody heard me. Someone knows what i… Carl R. Rogers
“ When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and to go on. It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone lis… Carl R. Rogers
“ Whether we are speaking of a flower or an oak tree, of an earthworm or a beautiful bird, of an ape or a person, we will do well, I believe, to recognize that life is an active process, not a passive o… Carl R. Rogers
“ 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. Carl R. Rogers
“ The paradigm of Western culture is that the essence of persons is dangerous; thus, they must be taught, guided and controlled by those with superior authority. Carl R. Rogers
“ I believe it will have become evident why, for me, adjectives such as happy, contented, blissful, enjoyable, do not seem quite appropriate to any general description of this process I have called the… Carl R. Rogers
“ The right wing has a large proportion of authoritarian personalities. They tend to believe man is, by nature, basically evil. Surrounded as all of us are by the bigness of impersonal forces which seem… Carl R. Rogers
“ To be with another in this [empathic] way means that for the time being, you lay aside your own views and values in order to enter another's world without prejudice. In some sense it means that you la… Carl R. Rogers
“ The intolerant "true believer" is a menace to any field, yet I suspect each one of us finds traces of that person in ourself. Carl R. Rogers
“ I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful. Carl R. Rogers
“ If awareness and conscious thought are seen as a part of life - not its master nor its opponent but an illumination of the developing process within the individual - then our total life can be the uni… Carl R. Rogers
“ I would prefer my experiences in communication to have a growth-promoting effect, both on me and on the other, and I should like to avoid those communication experiences in which both I and the other… Carl R. Rogers
“ I believe that individuals nowadays are probably more aware of their inner loneliness than has ever been true before in history. Carl R. Rogers
“ 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 Carl R. Rogers
“ So, here we are, all of us poor bewildered darlings, wandering adrift in a universe too big and too complex for us, clasping and ricochetting off other people too different and too perplexing for us,… Carl R. Rogers
“ 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! Carl R. Rogers
“ I believe that even our most abstract and philosophical views spring from an intensely personal base. Carl R. Rogers
