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.

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.

A sacred space is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments.

I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled "science fiction" ... and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.

There is no tomorrow..it is always today. Tomorrow is the fleeting and minute distance..between hope & once more..once again!

Things that I would say or would like to saw are just easier to sing about and put out there in music.

The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.

Each child is sent into this world by God with a "Unique Message" to deliver, a new personal act of love to bestow

Have you ever heard the earth breath?

Tell the people what they want and decide what they need.

Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they're never commemorated.

Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism.