Anyone who engages in the practice of psychotherapy confronts every day the devastation wrought by the teachings of religion.

Loving consciously does not mean subjecting your relationship to endless analysis. It means something much simpler: paying attention. Noticing. This requires presence.

Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: "What's good in my life?" and "What needs to be done?"

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

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.