“In Vera's presence people were inclined to like themselves, and as a result, to feel better.”

“People who feel good about themselves, produce good results.”

“The problem is hedonism. The problem is the preening vanity and selfishness of 'coming out,' of parading private inclinations, of a kind that repel normal people, as if those inclinations were, all by themselves, marks of authenticity and virtue, of suffering and oppression.”

“Secret #1 : One minute Goal Setting"People who feel good about themselves produce good results”

“People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.”

“My mom doesn't know what it's like to be less than perfect, how people zoom in on that until it's all they see. Maybe because it weirds them out...or maybe because it makes them feel better about themselves. People do pretty ugly things to make themselves feel better, this I do know.”