Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment.

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

The education situation which most effectively promotes significant learning is one in which (1) threat to the self of the learner is reduced to a minimum and (2) differential perception of the field of experience is facilitated

Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and ourself, a kind of attuning and understanding. When empathy is extended, it satisfies our needs and wish for intimacy, it rescues us from our feelings of aloneness.

I believe I know why it is satisfying to me to hear someone. When I can really hear someone, it puts me in touch with him; it enriches my life. It is through hearing people that I have learned all that I know about individuals, about personality, about interpersonal relationships.

Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.