“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.”
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“إننا لا ننتهي أبداً من صنع أنفسنا: أشعر هذه الأيام بأنني أواجه نفسي مثل نحات يقف أمام صخرة يجب إن يحذف منها كل ما هو غير جوهري.!”
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“ما هو متوقع من الحياة ليس في واقع الأمر هو موضع الأهمية، بل أن ما يعنينا هو ما تتوقعه الحياة منــــــا”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences, or self-talk, with which one largely created the feeling in the first place.”
― Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology
― Rational Psychotherapy and Individual Psychology
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