It's not that achievements prove our worth but rather that the process of achieving is the means by which we develop our effectiveness, our competence at living.

The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body. The child's primary business is learning. It is also the primary entertainment. To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being.

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

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

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

Either you will make your life work, or your life will not work.

Do not marry the enemy of your excitement.