Revolution from Within

Without self-esteem, the only change is an exchange of masters; with it, there is no need of masters.

I began to understand that self-esteem isn’t everything; it’s just that there’s nothing without it.

like the spider spinning her web, we create much of the outer world from within ourselves.

self-esteem is the basis of any real democracy.

“Only a person or a nation self-confident in the best sense of the word,” he said, “is capable of listening to the voice of others and accepting them as equal to oneself. Let us try to introduce self-confidence into the life of our community and into the conduct of nations.”

when teachers believe their students are gifted, they become more gifted.

self-hatred leads to the need either to dominate or to be dominated

activism without introspection and self-discovery turns into imitation at best and burnout at worst; and that introspection without activism leads to isolation and passivity

Feminism is not the cure for women’s problems; it’s their cause

Seeing holiness only in others—or only in our own group—is the problem. Seeing the sacred in ourselves and in all living things is the solution