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.
当我接受自己本来的样子时，我就能改变。
The only learning which significantly influences behavior is self-discovered, self-appropriated learning.
唯一能显著影响行为的学习是自我发现、自我吸收的学习。
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?
在我早期的职业生涯中，我一直在问：我如何治疗、治愈或改变这个人？现在我会这样表述这个问题：我如何提供一种关系，让这个人可以利用它来实现自己的个人成长？
The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.
唯一无法得到帮助的人是那些责备他人的人。
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.