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Fritz Perls Quotes



Quotes by Fritz Perls - (18 quotes)

Fritz Perls - From the Anxiety category:

Anxiety is excitement without breathing. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Deception category:

A thousand plastic flowers don't make a desert bloom. A thousand empty faces don't fill an empty room. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Education category:

Learning is discovering that something is possible. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Ego category:

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Encouragement category:

If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Exhibitions category:

I wonder why people use only walls for hanging pictures. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Expectation category:

I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, / And you are not in this world to live up to mine. / You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. / If not, it can't be helped. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Expectation category:

Don't let the world "should" on you. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Friendship category:

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Goodness category:

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Guilt category:

It feels much nobler to feel guilty than resentful, and it takes more courage to express resentment than guilt. With expressing guilt you expect to pacify your opponent; with expressing resentment you might stir up hostility in him. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Happiness category:

You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Meaning category:

I have one aim only: to impart a fraction of the meaning of the word 'now.' (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Possibilities category:

Learning is the discovery that something is possible. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Senses category:

Lose your mind and come to your senses. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Suffering category:

Pain is meant to wake us up... Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Truth category:

Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself, because then the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable. (Fritz Perls)

Fritz Perls - From the Wisdom category:

The only difference between the wise man and the fool is that the wise man knows he is playing. (Fritz Perls)