When your principles seem to be demanding suicide, clearly it's time to check your premises

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.

Some people stand and move as if they have no right to the space they occupy. They wonder why others often fail to treat them with respect-not realizing that they have signaled others that it is not necessary to treat them with respect.

The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are not so much the lies we tell as the lies we live.

Your choices have psychological consequences. The way you choose to deal with reality, truth, facts - your choice to honor or dishonor your own perceptions - registers in your mind, for good or for bad, and either confirms and strengthens your self-esteem or undermines and weakens it.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.