I see the mind of the five-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and creativeness.
Integrity means congruence. Words and behavior match.
Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs-and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.
Anyone who engages in the practice of psychotherapy confronts every day the devastation wrought by the teachings of religion.
The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to grow to. It means that I accept myself, that I am not on trial in my own eyes, that I value and respect myself. This is not an act of indulgence but of courage.
Anyone who really loves you wants you to be authentic. And anyone who doesn't want you to be authentic doesn't really love you.
Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem and high self-esteem is the difference between passivity and action, between failure and success.
By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly legacy of slavery-teaching our children that some lives are inherently less precious than others.
Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
Every great thing that has been accomplished, and is yet to be accomplished, starts with a dream.
I will never stop loving you. No one can change that. No matter what happens later, I’ll still love you.