“Maybe other people are like mirrors that we see ourselves in; versions of ourselves that vary dramatically depending on the particular cut of glass.”
“By looking into the mirror of others, we come to see the reflection of ourselves”
“How we relate with other people is dependent on how we rate ourselves and what we think about ourselves.”
“Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social enviornment.”
“Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them, than upon what they make us see in ourselves”
“In every moment...we choose to see others either as people like ourselves or as objects. They either count like we do or they don't.”