“It seems to me that anything that can be taught to another is relatively inconsequential, and has little or no significant influence on behavior.”
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
“I believe that individuals nowadays are probably more aware of their inner loneliness than has ever been true before in history.”
― On Encounter Groups
― On Encounter Groups
“I have come to feel that the only learning which significantly influences behavior is self-discovered, self-appropriated learning.”
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
“colossal rigidity, whether in dinosaurs or dictatorships, has a very poor record of evolutionary survival.”
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
― On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
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