The only person you should try to be better?than is the person you were yesterday.
We cannot change,?we cannot move away from what we are,?until we thoroughly accept what we are.
The good life is not found in luxury,?but in the freedom to choose our own path.
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
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.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
When I accept myself as I am, then I can change.
當我接受自己本來的樣子時,我就能改變。
The only learning which significantly influences behavior is self-discovered, self-appropriated learning.
唯一能顯著影響行為的學習是自我發(fā)現(xiàn)、自我吸收的學習。
In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
在我早期的職業(yè)生涯中,我一直在問:我如何治療、治愈或改變這個人?現(xiàn)在我會這樣表述這個問題:我如何提供一種關系,讓這個人可以利用它來實現(xiàn)自己的個人成長?
The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.
唯一無法得到幫助的人是那些責備他人的人。
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!
The only way to understand another culture is to assume the frame of reference of that culture.
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.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.