You cannot collaborate with another person toward some common end unless you know him. How can you know him, and he you, unless you have engaged in enough mutual disclosure of self to be able anticipate how he will react and what part he will play?
The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of that which is … - Sidney Jourard
The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of that which is …
- Sidney Jourard
Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Because we feel that way, we present ourselves as s… - Sidney Jourard
Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Because we feel that way, we present ourselves as s…
Amazement and wonder signify that one's concepts of self and of the world and of other people are ready to be re-formed. - Sidney Jourard
Amazement and wonder signify that one's concepts of self and of the world and of other people are ready to be re-formed.
We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misu… - Sidney Jourard
We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misu…
You cannot collaborate with another person toward some common end unless you know him. How can you know him, and he you, unless you have engaged in e… - Sidney Jourard
You cannot collaborate with another person toward some common end unless you know him. How can you know him, and he you, unless you have engaged in e…
The experience of surprise is a sign of one's readiness to grow. - Sidney Jourard
The experience of surprise is a sign of one's readiness to grow.
We learn to deceive ourselves while we are trying to deceive others. - Sidney Jourard
We learn to deceive ourselves while we are trying to deceive others.
This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms. - Sidney Jourard
This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms.
Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love. - Sidney Jourard
Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love.
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