Inspiring thoughts

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated” William James

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated” Confucius

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination” Carl Rogers

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world he is responsible for everything he does” Jean-Paul Sartre

“Becoming is better than being” Carol S Dweck

"Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakes" Carl Jung

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence" Charles Bukowski

"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and they will come forth in uglier ways" Sigmund Freud

“The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith. The beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety” George Muller

“It’s not the load that breaks you, it’s the way you carry it” William James

“Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception” Marcus Aurelius

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" Viktor E. Frankl

“True strength lies not in the absence of fear, but in our ability to face it head-on" Robert de Board

“If we deal with emotions in a healthy way, we not only build resilience but we can thrive and, over time, find a sense of growth” Dr Julie Smith

“Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time and for the right purpose and in the right way – that is not within everyone’s power and that is not easy”  Aristotle

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude” William James

"We cannot change anything unless we accept it" Carl Jung

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change” Carl Rogers

“Transition is about letting go of the past and taking up new behaviours or ways of thinking” William Bridges

 “A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying” B F Skinner 

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall" Nelson Mandela

“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is” William James

“Our relationships are modelled on our earliest bonds with parent-figures” Dr Nicole LePera

 “The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well” Alfred Adler 

"The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help" Irvin D Yalom

"We think we listen, but rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know" Carl R Rogers

"The effective therapist should never try to force discussion of any content area: therapy should not be theory-driven but relationships-driven" Irvin D Yalom