“I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.”
“Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.”
“Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it.”
“Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.”
“The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love.”
“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”