Nathaniel Branden: Self

Nathaniel Branden was Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer. Explore interesting quotes on self.

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“It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior.”

Nathaniel Branden

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem (1994)

“The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.”

Nathaniel Branden

Source: Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

“There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.”

Nathaniel Branden

“Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.”

Nathaniel Branden

Source: Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

“Man's need of self-esteem entails the need for a sense of control over reality – but no control is possible in a universe which, by one's own concession, contains the supernatural, the miraculous and the causeless, a universe in which one is at the mercy of ghosts and demons, in which one must deal, not with the unknown, but with the unknowable; no control is possible if man proposes, but a ghost disposes; no control is possible if the universe is a haunted house.”

Nathaniel Branden

As reprinted in Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness (1964; 2014 ebook), ISBN 978-1-101-13722-2, p. 44 https://books.google.com/books?id=d1GqjIhRejMC&pg=PT44. <br class="br">"Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice" (1963)