For children mastery entails struggle. This means they must be permitted to struggle. If parents inappropriately step in to "help"-out of impatience or solicitude-they sabotage important learning. Among other things, the child is unlikely to discover the advantages of perseverance and self-discipline.

Sometimes pain is easier to bear alone than happiness.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

There is only one reality - the reality knowable to reason. And if man does not choose to perceive it, there is nothing else for him to perceive; if it is not of this world that he is conscious, then he is not conscious at all

It is very difficult to accept in others emotions you cannot accept in yourself.

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

One of the most significant characteristics of healthy self esteem is that it is the state of one who is not at war either with himself or with others.