Carl Rogers

People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are.

Carl Rogers

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

Carl Rogers

The basic idea behind teaching is to teach people what they need to know.

Carl Rogers

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

Carl Rogers

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

Carl Rogers

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

Carl Rogers

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

Carl Rogers

What you are to be, you are now becoming.

Carl Rogers

When I look at the world I’m pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

Carl Rogers

You know that I don’t believe that anyone has ever taught anything to anyone. I question that efficacy of teaching. The only thing that I know is that anyone who wants to learn will learn.

Carl Rogers