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.

If my aim is to prove I am 'enough,' the project goes on to infinity-because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was debatable.

How do we keep our inner fire alive? Two things, at minimum, are needed: an ability to appreciate the positives in our life – and a commitment to action. Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: ‘What's good in my life?’ and ‘What needs to be done?

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

What is guilt? It is moral self-reproach-I did wrong when it was possible to have done otherwise.

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.'

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.