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

Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.

The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons.

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

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.

To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.