Your life is important. Whether you achieve what you want in life matters. Whether you are happy matters. Honor and fight for… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you do not feel deserving of happiness, consciously or subconsciously, or if you have accepted the idea that happiness is somehow… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The music that inspires the souls of lovers exists within themselves and the private universe they occupy. They share it with each… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Your choices have psychological consequences. The way you choose to deal with reality, truth, facts - your choice to honor or dishonor… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
You can be loved by your family, your mate, and your friends yet not love yourself. You can be admired by your… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
What a great teacher, a great parent, a great psychotherapist and a great coach have in common is a deep belief in the potential… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If we are happy within ourselves, we don't accept or demand that our partner should fulfill every need. We need to be comfortable with… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. When man rejects reason as… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
In the nature of our existence, we must act to achieve values. And in order to act appropriately, we need to value the beneficiary… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves--their convictions and their aspirations--every day. There… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image