“I hear the words, the thoughts, the feeling tones, the personal meaning, even the meaning that is below the conscious intent of the speaker. Sometimes too, in a message which superficially is not very important, I hear a deep human cry that lies buried and unknown far below the surface of the person.
So I have learned to ask myself, can I hear the sounds and sense the shape of this other person's inner world? Can I resonate to what he is saying so deeply that I sense the meanings he is afraid of, yet would like to communicate, as well as those he knows?”
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So I have learned to ask myself, can I hear the sounds and sense the shape of this other person's inner world? Can I resonate to what he is saying so deeply that I sense the meanings he is afraid of, yet would like to communicate, as well as those he knows?”
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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
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“evaluation by others is not a guide for me. The judgments of others, while they are to be listened to, and taken into account for what they are, can never be a guide for me. This has been a hard thing to learn.”
― 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
“Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are.”
― Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
― Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
“Or music heard so deeply
That it is not heard at all, but you are the music
While the music lasts.”
― Four Quartets
That it is not heard at all, but you are the music
While the music lasts.”
― Four Quartets
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