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

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.

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.

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

Who could have foretoldthe heart grows oldfrom touching others

Wow, that is so deep.'He meant it, of course.'You're really real, ' he added breathily. 'Say something else.'I decided he wasn't worth punching, and walked away.

Explore your special skills.

I've got miracle lyrical capability all in me / With the agility to escape a killer bee colony.

Paper money will invariably operate in the body of politics as spirit liquors on the human body. They prey on the vitals and ultimately destroy them

There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.

Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.

Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It resonates with me.

We have bodies. We have personalities. We have histories, stories and experiences. But we are not those things - we are Spirit.

The assailant is often in the right; that the assailed is always.