It won't matter if nobody ever thinks I'm pretty (although sometimes I wish, just for a second, that somebody would)

As women demanded access to power, the power structure used the beauty myth materially to undermine women's advancement.

Oh what a shame, if she thought any beauty that she has came from him. She didn't understand the beauty of her own skin.

When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants.

One may understand the cosmos but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star The Logic of Elfland Orthodoxy 1908

To free us from the expectations of others to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great singular power of self-respect

What self-acceptance does is open up more possibilities of succeeding because you aren't fighting yourself along the way.

You do not need to pay attention to those voices within you that create pain, or make you feel less competent, smart or able.

It's hard loving those who don't much like themselves: "If you're so great, why would you think I'm so great.

Anyone who engages in the practice of psychotherapy confronts every day the devastation wrought by the teachings of religion.

Introspection is not a privilege, you don't have to subscribe to it. On any occasion you can discover wisdom and oneself.

The harder you work, The luckier you get, Also know that hard work doesn't guarantee success, but it improves its chances.

The moment you blame life for who you are is that very moment you ignore your talents and inner abilities to change the world.

Every man s work whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else is always a portrait of himself

You may not be the smartest, richest or best looking person but you're probably not the dumbest, ugliest or poorest either.