People respond better to kindness than cruelty. Why, it's even caught on in the workplace, that bastion of self-hatred and disrespect.

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago.

It takes a tremen­dous act of courage to admit to your­self that you are not defec­tive in any way what­so­ever.

When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is.

Here is my wish for you and every other child, woman, and man on the face of the earth: Spend one week saying only kind, caring things to yourself. Say thank you at least ten times an hour, direct five toward yourself and five to the world at large. Compliment yourself (and others) each time an effort is made. Notice all the wonderful qualities and characteristics about yourself and those around you. One week. You will never go back. And your whole life will be a glorious meditation.

If you want to know what you were conditioned to believe as a child, look at how you treat yourself now.

A person who is without fear cannot be controlled.