We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered.

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.

This is a mournful discovery.1)Those who agree with you are insane2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.

Verbal arguments should always be suspect.

A tablecloth restaurant is still one of the great rewards of civilization.

It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn.

If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.

Your soul: pure glucose edged with hints Of tentative and half-soiled tints

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

All voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.