It is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried.

We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed.

It's an awful risky thing to live

To be original, or different, is felt to be "dangerous."

Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future.

There is another peculiar satisfaction in really hearing someone: It is like listening to the music of the spheres, because beyond the immediate message of the person, no matter what that might be, there is the universal. Hidden in all of the personal communications which I really hear there seem to be orderly psychological laws, aspects of the same order we find in the universe as a whole. So there is both the satisfaction of hearing this person and also the satisfaction of feeling one's self in touch with what is universally true.

Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable.