“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

— Carl Rogers · Life quote

American psychologist · 1902 – 1987

American psychologist (1902–1987), a founder of humanistic psychology and person-centred therapy.

Source: On Becoming a Person · ✓ Source verified

More like this

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.

The meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be.