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To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.

A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having.

We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out of the back of this garbage compost, it is very stable. You are not running from anything. You can have a sense of artistic security. If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.

The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive, there is nothing better.

There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.

Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.

I have just about all I can take of myself.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.