Nathaniel Branden Quotes
It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, often you do so for people you do not even like or respect.
Everyone who has any familiarity with psychology knows about the danger of disowning the murderer within. Far fewer people understand the tragedy of disowning the hero within.
Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
To honor the self is to be willing to think independently, to live by our own mind, and to have the courage of our own perceptions.
In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.
Of all the judgements we pass, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.
To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.
Your life is important. Honor it. Fight for your highest possibilities.
In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.