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The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.'

Nathaniel Branden

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Nathaniel Branden
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 9
Died: 2014
Died: December 3
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Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
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Humans
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Integrity means congruence. Words and behavior match.
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Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs-and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.
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Freedom is still the most radical idea of all.
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The practice of assertiveness: being authentic in our dealings with others treating our values and persons with decent respect in social contexts refusing to fake the reality of who we are or what we esteem in order to avoid disapproval the willingness to stand up for ourselves and our ideas in appropriate ways in appropriate contexts.
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The world belongs to those who persevere.
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Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.
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The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.
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We tend to feel most comfortable, most at home, with people whose self esteem level resembles our own.
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You have a right to your feelings. Your feelings are there to tell you something, but they are not infallible guides to behavior.
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Your choices have psychological consequences. The way you choose to deal with reality, truth, facts - your choice to honor or dishonor your own perceptions - registers in your mind, for good or for bad, and either confirms and strengthens your self-esteem or undermines and weakens it.
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A productive purpose to which you give yourself fully and joyfully is one of the great adventures of life. It is a uniquely human source of happiness.
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Capitalism, by its nature, entails a constant process of motion, growth and progress.
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