Becoming a Person Quotes

“He stressed the futility of an encyclopedic knowledge for its own sake, and wound up with the injunction,
“Don’t be a damned ammunition wagon; be a rifle!”
― Carl Rogers, Becoming a Person

“He stressed the futility of an encyclopedic knowledge for its own sake, and wound up with the injunction,
“Don’t be a damned ammunition wagon; be a rifle!”
― Carl Rogers, Becoming a Person

“the more I can keep a relationship free of judgment and evaluation, the more this will permit the other person to reach the point where he recognizes that the locus of evaluation, the center of responsibility, lies within himself.”
― Carl Rogers, Becoming a Person

“In my relationships with persons I have found that it does not help, in the long run, to act as though I were something that I am not.”
― Carl Rogers, Becoming a Person

“No one learns significantly from conclusions.”
― Carl Rogers, Becoming a Person

“I have lots of quotes to add; here's one:

"When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance… provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another".”
― Carl Rogers, Becoming a Person

“Life vividly reveals itself in the therapeutic process—with its blind power and its tremendous capacity for destruction, but with its overbalancing thrust toward growth, if the opportunity for growth is provided.”
― Carl Rogers, Becoming a Person