Everyone who has any familiarity with psychology knows about the danger of disowning the murderer within. Far fewer people understand the tragedy of disowning the hero within.

Nathaniel Branden
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  1. I am responsible for my own existence and happiness.

  2. All positive interactions with other human beings involve, to some degree, the experience of visibility-- that is, the experience of being seen and understood.

  3. Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.

  4. Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals.

  5. The challenge for people today--and it is not and easy one--is to maintain high personal standards even while feeling that one is living in a moral sewer.

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