Carl Rogers Quotes

Carl Ransom Rogers was an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology. Rogers originated the nondirective, or client-centred, approach to psychotherapy, emphasizing a person-to-person relationship between the therapist and the client (formerly known as the patient), who determines the course, speed, and duration of treatment. Below is a curated list of the best Carl Rogers quotes. ...more

Birth: January 08, 1902 - Death: February 04, 1987

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

Topic(s): I Can , Self , Accepting

Man’s inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.

Topic(s): Men , Results , Listening

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Life , States

Life is about Being & Becoming.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Life , Life Is

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

Topic(s): Inspirational , Persons , Blame

Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment.

Topic(s): Ifs , Needs , Moments

I am increasingly an architect of self. I am free to will and choose. I can, through accepting my individuality… become more of my uniqueness, more of my potentiality.

Topic(s): I Can , Self , Accepting

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another’s learning.

Topic(s): Persons , Teach , Wisdom

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 needs and wish for intimacy, it rescues us from our feelings of aloneness.