Acceptance
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change.Carl Rogers
On Becoming a Person · 1961 · p. 17
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This collection brings together different periods and disciplines. Transcendentalist writers and humanistic psychologists do not belong to a single philosophical school.
Transcendentalism
An American intellectual movement associated with Emerson and Thoreau, exploring nature, individual judgment, and spiritual experience.
Person-centered psychology
Carl Rogers’s approach emphasizes empathy, genuineness, and acceptance in relationships that support growth.
Wonder
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.Henry David Thoreau
Journal · 5 August 1851
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I exist as I am, that is enough.Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (1891–92) · Song of Myself · Section 20
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It’s not the length of life, but its depth.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Letters and Social Aims · “Immortality” · 1876
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see.Henry David Thoreau
Journal · 5 August 1851
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