The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.

Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspirations-every day. There is nothing noble about it. It takes far more courage to fight for your values than to relinquish them.

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

Capitalism, by its nature, entails a constant process of motion, growth and progress.

High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again.

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