"Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself."

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Source : Nathaniel Branden (1998). “A Woman's Self-Esteem: Struggles and Triumphs in the Search for Identity”, Jossey-Bass

Nathaniel Branden

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“Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger--frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it.”
“Writing is almost a place of dreams for me, and I don't have to give up anything to do it.”

Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.
“The ECK books are simply to show people how to go inside themselves, into the pureness of their heart, where they can get answers directly from the Inner Master about things of a spiritual nature, insights to help them in their life.”
“Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached a conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true....Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this experience...an attitude which has never left me.”
“The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words.”
“Life is difficult. Not just for me or other ALS patients. Life is difficult for everyone. Finding ways to make life meaningful and purposeful and rewarding, doing the activities that you love and spending time with the people that you love - I think that's the meaning of this human experience.”
“Technologies, including cell phones, have the potential to help millions of poor people out of poverty by enabling access to a range of safe, affordable financial services - most importantly, savings accounts - that have long been out of reach.”

Source : "Banking on Savings for the Poor" by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2010.

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