"A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him."

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James Pike

#Acceptance Quotes #Men Quotes #Self Quotes

“For some twenty years the window that opened at the end of the Cold War has been allowed to hang flapping in the wind. It is high time that the five nuclear-weapon states take seriously their commitment to negotiate toward nuclear disarmament.”
“You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.”
“It's still a lean back, enjoy or a lean forward, be involved, enjoy medium. It's real engagement, real emotion.”
“I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.”
“To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.”
“Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.”

Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “The Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Workbook: Exercises, Questions, and Self-Tests to Help You Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life”, Hyperion
“...I realized how naive I was. My aunt Tina was right: this stuff does exist, and it does hurt people, and although there are lots of people at Liberty who condemn violence against gays-including Dr. Falwell himself-the number of students who want to give them the Goliath treatment isn't zero. In fact, the number who live in my room isn't zero.”
“It's good to be just plain happy, it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how and still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.”

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