The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism.

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.

You cannot taste a song but you can feel the tune relishing your heart where strings of music belong.

Prosperity starts in ones heart not their pocket.

The cut worm forgives the plow.

One is and remains a slave as long as one is not cured of hoping.

Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that.

The Visalus Founders are the finest and sharpest young leaders that I have ever met.

All major changes are like death. You can't see to the other side until you are there.

The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.

When your cup is empty, you do not mourn what is gone. Because if you do, you will miss the opportunity to fill it again.

Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.