Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.'

If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs- if you lack basic self trust, self-respect, and self-confidence- your self-esteem deficiency will limit you, no matter what other assets you possess.

Your life is important. Fight for it. Honour your highest potentials.

A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.

Romantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender -not a surrender to the other person so much as to our feeling for the other person. What is the obstacle? The possibility of loss.

If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island.