Acceptance of self is an achievement.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

A friend is as it were a second self.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.