All positive interactions with other human beings involve, to some degree, the experience of visibility-- that is, the experience of being seen and understood.

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.

When I am not king, then THE Kingdom has its best chance of breaking through.

to have to combat one’s instincts—that is the formula for decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness and instinct are one.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.

[When Harry Met Sally] was fine, but it was a job. And I did it right after The 'Burbs.

It is a long way off, sir" "From what Jane?" "From England and from Thornfield: and ___" "Well?" "From you, sir

Today Monopoly added a new game piece: the cat. The new piece was chosen after weeks of online voting. Is that a surprise? Whenever there's a vote for something on the Internet, the cat always wins.

Our friendship is stronger than most people because we talk and breathe in the same room and we eat and sleep in the same place

At best, I think of a director as a magnet. You get all the metal fillings in all the individual actors and crew, and get those filings moving toward your magnetic direction.

As chaste as unsunned snow.