The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

You mainly feel the way you think.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything.

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

Stop shoulding on yourself

Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.

I don’t regret meeting Jon. I knew that God put us together early. I knew he was my destiny, but sometimes as if I was a fisherman I wanted to throw back my destiny and start again

Sacred life, sacred-gratitude.

Grandfather always said school's a place where they take sixteen years to wear down your brain. Grandfather hardly went to school either.

Writing is like painting a painting. Layer over layer over layer.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.

Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.

Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled?

You have to understand, now, I'm a momma's boy. I'm from the south. My way of being raised is totally different than the big city life. I truly was a country boy.

To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart.