#elf

The problem is hedonism. The problem is the preening vanity and selfishness of 'coming out,' of parading private inclinations, of a kind that repel normal people, as if those inclinations were, all by themselves, marks of authenticity and virtue, of suffering and oppression. ↗

— John Derbyshire

#hedonish #selfishness #vanity #pessimism

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

— Robert M. Sapolsky

#pessimistic #self #pessimism

For in today’s generation of teenagers finding acceptance is hard, especially for those who dare to be different-then it’s impossible. ↗

— Rebecah McManus

#bullying #different #school #teenagers #bullying

And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.-Anais Nin ↗

— Elizabeth Lesser

#spirituality #self-help

The price tag that you put on your soul will determine the people and circumstances in which you find yourself. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#self-worth #self-worth

... no one can ever save someone else, you know? We can only save ourselves. You know that, don't you? ↗

— Carrie Jones

#self-determination #self-determination

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true. ↗

— Robert Browning

#self-determination #self-determination

you're not a bad person because you want to be yourself. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#self-determination

If you knew your potential to feel good, you would ask no one to be different so that you can feel good. You would free yourself of all of that cumbersome impossibility of needing to control the world, or control your mate, or control your child. You are the only one who creates your reality. For no one else can think for you, no one else can do it. It is only you, every bit of it you. ↗

— Esther Hicks

#abraham-hicks #allow #control-freaks #control-issues #controlling

look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you... ↗

— Colette

#self-help-book #words-of-wisdom #self-help