“The very purpose of existence it to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think of us.”

“pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

“The things about others that irritate, annoy, and unsettle us are the very things we have not accepted and embraced about ourselves”

“A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

“As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will remain filled with judgments, opinions, evaluations, and condemnations. We will remain addicted to putting people and things in their "right" place.”