“People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.” (Wayne Gerard Trotman)
Potential
Quotes
“What you dislike in another may be something you cannot see in yourself. If you are honest, no longer deceiving yourself, you may see that you also suffer, and cause others suffering. Then there is humility. Then compassion. Then calm. The aversion, anger, hate and ranting ceases.” (Unknown)
Stop Fighting
“If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.” (Peter McWilliams)
True Freedom
“[True freedom] means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.” (David Foster Wallace)
No Longer Happy
“We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.” (Walter Savage Landor, 1775-1864)
Anti-Intellectualism
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” (Isaac Asimov)
Quit Following Your Darkness
“Quit following your darkness to the place that you know you should not be.” (Unknown)
Forgiveness
“You forgive yourself by realizing that nobody can act beyond their level of consciousness.” (Eckhart Tolle)