Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.

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

Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs-and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.

The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.

In the whole history of capitalism, no one has been able to establish a coercive monopoly by means of competition in a free market...Every single coercive monopoly that exists or ever has existed...was created and made possible only by an act of government...which granted special privileges (not obtainable in a free market) to a man or a group of men, and forbade all others to enter that particular field.

If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities.

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