When Your Principles Seem To Be Demanding

If My Aim Is To Prove I Am 'enough,' The Project Goes On To Infinity-because The Battle Was Already Lost On The Day I Conceded The Issue Was Debatable.

I Have To Respect Other's Opinions Even If I Don't Agree With Them.

To Accept Struggle As Part Of Life, To Accept All Of It, Even The Darkest Moments Of Anguish; To Be Motivated By Love Rather Than Fear, By Confidence Rather Than Insecurity: These Are The Benchmarks Of High Self-esteem. The Wish To Avoid Fear And Pain Is Not The Motive That Drives The Lives Of Highly Evolved Men And Women; Rather, It Is The Life Force Within Them, Thrusting Toward Its Unique Form Of Expression-the Actualization Of Personal Values.

The Policy Of Seeking Values From Human Beings By Means Of Force, When Practiced By An Individual, Is Called Crime. When Practiced By A Government, It Is Called Statism.

For Children Mastery Entails Struggle. This Means They Must Be Permitted To Struggle. If Parents Inappropriately Step In To "help"-out Of Impatience Or Solicitude-they Sabotage Important Learning. Among Other Things, The Child Is Unlikely To Discover The Advantages Of Perseverance And Self-discipline.