“Self-help books can be a very useful resource for people who are struggling or just generally seeking ways to improve their lives.”— Caroline Bologna, huffpost.com
“If you want to have healthy relationships with other people, you need to develop a healthy one with yourself first, and that can’t come without you spending time on your own. You literally need to be alone.”— Chidera Eggerue, nytimes.com
“As a black person, when I’ve read some of the self-help books that tell me: ‘Quit your job and travel,’ I’m like: ‘Really? I don’t think I can afford to do that …’ You get this feeling of not being good enough – not Zen enough. I didn’t want this to be one of those books. They’re fine, but they don’…”— Chidera Eggerue, theguardian.com
“I don’t know if it’s the right decision, but I know that I need to preserve my own well-being to continue to fight for the planet.”— Eric Holthaus, sierraclub.org
“We’re supposed to be happy all the time, which, turns out, is a hard thing to do when you’re constantly being told you can do and be better, and more positive, and more productive. It’s almost like self-help isn’t always... that helpful.”— Clay Skipper, gq.com
“I certainly enjoy a good business book often, but lately I’ve been really loving a book that kind of goes beyond just work into all parts of your life.”— Emma Chapman, abeautifulmess.com
“While self-help and wellness culture may be a $3.7 trillion industry, the narrators of these books don’t buy the idea that it will save us.”— Maris Kreizman, buzzfeednews.com
“If I was a male researcher sitting here, I would not have to justify the commercialization of my work. I would not have to justify trying to straddle the economy and popular culture. I would never be asked. Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Dan Ariely, they would not be asked.”— Brené Brown, theguardian.com
“Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.”— P.T. Barnum, amazon.com
“Desires are not real anyway, they are only the wish list reflecting the limits of our imagination.”— Swami Chetanananda, amazon.com
“The foremost rule is that you must take responsibility for your own life. Period.”— Jordan B. Peterson, amazon.com
“One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path.”— Osho, amazon.com
“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places.…”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.”— Buddha, amazon.com
“If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“Everybody has a limited tolerance for feeling good. When things go beyond that limit, we sabotage ourselves so that we can return to our comfort zones.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Trying to change how you feel is like finding a road sign that points in the opposite direction of where you had intended to go and getting out to try to turn the sign, rather than the course of action.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com