“Perfectionism is not motivated internally. Perfectionism is about what people will think.”
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“True love allows, honors, and appreciates; attachment grasps, demands, needs, and aims to possess.”
“People will do almost anything to not feel pain, including causing pain and abusing power.”
“Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.”
“Worrying and anxiety go together, but worry is not an emotion; it's the thinking part of anxiety.”
“We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others.”
“Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.”
“For freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.”
“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.”
“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
“No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling.”
“It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.”
“We need not be artists, but we should be able to appreciate the work of artists.”
“Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has. They are all needed desperately.”
“We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.”