Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is first of all willing to be himse….

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

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

There is in every organism, at whatever level, an underlying flow of movement toward constructive fulfillment of its inherent possibilities..

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

I believe I know why it is satisfying to me to hear someone. When I can really hear someone, it puts me in touch with him; it enriches my life. It is….

So, as you can readily see from what I have said thus far, a creative, active, sensitive, accurate, empathic, nonjudgmental listening is for me terri….

The purpose of adult education is to help them to learn, not to teach them all you know and thus stop them from learning..

Experience is, for me, the highest authority. The touchstone of validity is my own experience. No other person's ideas, and none of my own ideas, are….

When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to ide….

Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future..

The sense of community does not arise out of collective movement, nor from conforming to some group direction. Quite the contrary. Each individual te….

In a person who is open to experience each stimulus is freely relayed through the nervous system, without being distorted by any process of defensive….

Loneliness is a barrier that prevents one from uniting with the inner self..

If the time comes when our culture tires of the endless homicidal feuds, despairs of the use of force and war as a means of bringing peace, becomes d….

The genuinely significant creation, whether an idea, or a work of art, or a scientific discovery, is most likely to be seen at first as erroneous, ba….

The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true..

The organism has one basic tendency and striving - to actualize, maintain, and enhance the experiencing organism.

If I can listen to what he can tell me, if I can understand how it seems to him; if I can see its personal meaning for him, if I can sense the emotio….

To be original, or different, is felt to be "dangerous.".

It is a direction not a destination..