If People Stopped Looking On Their Emotions

I Think It's Unfair, But They Have The Right As Fallible, Screwed-up Humans To Be Unfair; That's The Human Condition.

People Are Terrified Of Other People Or Difficult Projects Because They Tell Themselves That They Could Fail Or Be Rejected. Failure Can Lead To Sorrow, Regret, Frustration And Annoyance - All Healthy, Negative Feelings Without Which People Couldn't Exist. But Then They Add, "i Absolutely Must Succeed And Must Be Loved By Significant Persons, And If I Don't, It's Terrible And I'm No Good." Those Are Irrational Beliefs. As Long As People Keep Them, They'll Be Terrified Of Life And Will Put Themselves Down When They Get Rejected.

The Best Years Of Your Life Are The Ones In Which You Decide Your Problems Are Your Own. You Do Not Blame Them On Your Mother, The Ecology, Or The President. You Realize That You Control Your Own Destiny.

Many Psychoanalysts Refused To Let Me Speak At Their Meetings. They Were Exceptionally Vigorous Because I Had Previously Been An Analyst And They Were Very Angry At My Flying The Coop.

The Individual Is Taught That There Is Nothing That He As A Total Person Is To Feel Ashamed Of Or Self-hating For.