Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.

We tend to feel most comfortable, "most at home", with people whose self esteem level resembles our own.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

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

What a great teacher, a great parent, a great psychotherapist and a great coach have in common is a deep belief in the potential of the person with whom they are concerned. They relate to the person from their vision of his or her worth and value.

The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship.

The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism.