Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance.

When you understand what you’re truly worth, who is going to be able to make you feel worthless? No one.

Ukisema ukweli utapata uhuru wa nafsi. Ukisema uongo utapata uhuru wa umma. Heri uhuru wa nafsi kuliko wa umma.

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.

I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.

You don't feel like your best self when you fall apart, but you have to fall apart to become your best self.

A true legacy is established over a lifetime and relates to what a human being does for others, not for himself.

Was I like honey thinking it's a small bear, not realizing the bear is just the shape of its bottle? -Cheryl

I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?

It's kind of depressing, if you think about it. I mean, me being so young, and yet so cynical and suspicious.

I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.

In that moment, I felt differently to myself yet the essence of who I really was.Like a perfect state of balance.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

Love is that which gives of itself, not because anyone needs it or deserves it, but because that is what love does.

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.