When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health.

We can find reasons to dislike anyone. But it's what you focus on and appreciate in a person that cultivates a positive relationship.

Sometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves.

Studies show that when we vocalize an opinion, whether or not we believe it to be true, in time we usually come to support it.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

At the root of fear is low self-esteem. This explains why angry people have low self-esteem, are argumentative, stubborn, and quick to flare up yet slow to forgive. Those behaviors are defenses against the underlying fear.

If you know how much reality is getting in, then you know a great deal about what a person sees to be true.