But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.
The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.