To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.

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.

With good parody, you have to be smarter that the people you’re parodying.

I am used to being beautiful. I have been beautiful for so long that it is an essential part of me. I would not be the same spiritually if I had not been beautiful.

The hand that controls the supper dish rules the world!

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

I initially signed up for Twitter just to do jokes I wasn't going to do in my stand-up routine.

Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature.

I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.

Obama wants to ruin America. Hillary [Clinton]too.

Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas.

Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.