In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

An emotion is both a mental and a physical event.

For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality.

High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again.

Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

If you are terrified of making mistakes, you will be reluctant to acknowledge them when you do make them-and therefore you will not correct them.