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“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing. —Voltaire”
― Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.”
― Carl R. Rogers

“I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful.”
― Carl R. Rogers, A Way of Being

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”
― Carl R. Rogers, A Way of Being

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
― Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
― Aristotle

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
― Socrates

“Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don’t forget to lift someone up.”
― Roy Bennett