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Quote by Carl Rogers
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.
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A good life is not a permanent condition that someone finally reaches. It is an ongoing way of living, shaped by continued choices and movement. Calling it a “direction” suggests that progress matters more than arriving at a final destination. The quote encourages seeing fulfillment as something developed over time, rather than something completed once and for all.
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- On Becoming a Person (1961), reproduced text
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