It becomes easier for me to accept myself as a decidedly imperfect person, who by no means functions at all times in the way in which I would like to… - Carl Rogers

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

It becomes easier for me to accept myself as a decidedly imperfect person, who by no means functions at all times in the way in which I would like to function.

It seems to me to have value because the curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change.

I conclude that if nations follow their past ways, then, because of the speed of world communication of separate views, each society will have to exert more and more coercion to bring about a forced agreement as to what constitutes the real world and its values. Those coerced agreements will differ from nation to nation, from culture to culture. The coercion will destroy individual freedom. We will bring about our own destruction through the clashes caused by different world views.

So, while I still hate to readjust my thinking, still hate to give up old ways of perceiving and conceptualizing, yet at some deeper level I have, to a considerable degree, come to realize that these painful reorganizations are what is known as learning.

I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful.