Even When People Act Nastily To You,

This, Perhaps, Goes To Show That Conditional Self-esteem, As I Have Said For Many Years, Is An Insidious, Real Sickness, So Much So That Even Buddhists Carelessly Sneak It In And Sometimes Encourage Their Clients To Achieve It.

We Can Actually Put The Essence Of Neurosis In A Single Word: Blaming - Or Damning.

The Art Of Love Is Largely The Art Of Persistence.

The Trouble With Most Therapy Is That It Helps You Feel Better. But You Don't Get Better. You Have To Back It Up With Action, Action, Action.

Life Is Indeed Difficult, Partly Because Of The Real Difficulties We Must Overcome In Order To Survive, And Partly Because Of Our Own Innate Desire To Always Do Better, To Overcome New Challenges, To Self-actualize. Happiness Is Experienced Largely In Striving Towards A Goal, Not In Having Attained Things, Because Our Nature Is Always To Want To Go On To The Next Endeavor.