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Carl Rogers, born on January 8, 1902 and died on February 4, 1987, was an influential American psychologist and one of the founders of humanistic psychology. He is best known for his client-centered approach to therapy, emphasizing the importance of self-actualization for individuals. Rogers' theories and methods have had a profound impact on modern psychology.

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Famous Carl Rogers Quotes

“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.”

I Can Self Accepting Individuality Architect Uniqueness

Author:Carl Rogers

“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 at this moment. And the only certainty is that those perceived realities are different. There are as many “real worlds” as there are people!”

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Book:A Way of Being

Source: A Way of Being

“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 emotional flavor which it has for him, then I will be releasing potent forces of change in him.”

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Book:On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

Source: On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

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

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Author: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.”

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Book:On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

Source: On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

“When I can relax, and be close to the transcendental core of me, then I may behave in strange and impulsive ways in the relationship, ways I cannot justify rationally, which have nothing to do with my thought processes. But these strange behaviors turn out to be right in some odd way. At these moments it seems that my inner spirit has reached out and touched the inner spirit of the other. Our relationship transcends itself and has become something larger.”

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Book:A Way of Being

Source: A Way of Being

“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 through hearing people that I have learned all that I know about individuals, about personality, about interpersonal relationships.”

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Book:A Way of Being

Source: A Way of Being

About the Author

Born: January 8, 1902
Died: February 4, 1987
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 105

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