Occupation: Psychologist Birth: January 8, 1902 Death: February 4, 1987
Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in himself,….
Life, at its best, is a flowing, changing process in which nothing is fixed..
there is direction but there is no destination.
The way of being with another person which is termed empathic...means temporarily living in their life, moving abut in it delicately without making j….
When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic..
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 need….
Over the years, however, the research evidence keeps piling up, and it points strongly to the conclusion that a high degree of empathy in a relations….
One of the most revolutionary concepts to grow out of our clinical experience is the growing recognition that innermost core of man's nature - the de….
Am I living in a way which is deeply satisfying to me, and which truly expresses me?.
There are as many "real worlds" as there are people!.
I have come to think that one of the most satisfying experiences I know — and also one of the most growth-promoting experiences for the other person ….
The only reality I can possibly know is the world as I perceive it at this moment. The only reality you can possibly know is the world as you see it ….
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….
Unless man can make new and original adaptations to his environment as rapidly as his science can change the environment, our culture will perish..
Most of us consist of two separated parts, trying desperately to bring themselves together into an integrated soma, where the distinctions between mi….
Learning of all kinds goes on best, lasts best, and tends to lead itself on more when it grows out of a real focus of interest in the learner..
The basic idea behind teaching is to teach people what they need to know..