Whenever You Avoid Alarming Situations, You Almost

Religious Fanaticism Has Clearly Produced, And In All Probability Will Continue To Produce, Enormous Amounts Of Bickering, Fighting, Violence, Bloodshed, Homicide, Feuds, Wars, And Genocide.

The Emotionally Sound Person Should Be Able To Take Risks, To Ask Himself What He Really Would Like To Do In Life, And Then To Try To Do This, Even Though He Has To Risk Defeat Or Failure. He Should Be Adventurous (though Not Necessarily Foolhardy); Be Willing To Try Almost Anything Once, Just To See How He Likes It; And Look Forward To Some Breaks In His Usual Life Routines.

Attempts To Help Humans Eliminate All Self-ratings And Views Self-esteem As A Self-defeating Concept That Encourages Them To Make Conditional Evaluations Of Self. Instead, It Teaches People Unconditional Self-acceptance.

The Goal...is Not To Change Your Desires And Wishes But To Persuade You To Stop Demanding That You Absolutely Must Have What You Wish-from Yourself, From Others, And From The World. You Can By All Means Keep Your Wishes, Preferences, And Desires, But Unless You Prefer To Remain Needlessly Anxious, Not Your Grandiose Demands.

Most Things Worth Having Require Some Sacrifice, Usually More Than You Expect.