Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.

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"Lose your mind and come to your senses."

- Fritz Perls

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"A thousand plastic flowers don't make a desert bloom. A thousand empty faces don't fill an empty room."

- Fritz Perls

Awareness

"...nobody can stand truth if it is told to him. Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself because then, the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable."

- Fritz Perls

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"The person most in control is the person who can give up control."

- Fritz Perls

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"You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. Imagine how happy I felt when I got relief from bladder pressure. How long did that happiness last?"

- Fritz Perls

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"Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others."

- Nathaniel Branden

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"Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality."

- Les Brown

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"You are your best thing."

- Toni Morrison

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"Thinking you’re no-good and worthless is the worst thing you can do."

- Nobito

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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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