What nonsense it is, this desire to be without limitations, this wish always to be seen in the most flattering light. We are anxious, not because we think so little of ourselves, but because we think so much of ourselves. We are anxious, not that we may appear in the worst light, but that we may not appear in the best light. Anxiety is born of self-consciousness, and it is alleviated to the exact extent that we can drop consciousness of the self.

People who are good to each other make each other good.

It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things.

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.

Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.

It is one of those quirks of human nature that you love the person whom you treat well, not necessarily the person who treats you well.

There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings.