“Try replacing a self-deprecating thought with something more supportive.”— Nicole Pajer, huffpost.com
“The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.'”— Sharon Salzberg, amazon.com
“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”— James Baldwin, amazon.com
“Try giving up all the thoughts that make you feel bad, or even just some of them, and see how doing that changes your life. You don't need negative thoughts. All they have ever given you was a false self that suffers. They are all lies.”— Gina Lake, amazon.com
“Perhaps the most liberating moment in my life was when I realized that my self-loathing was not a product of my inadequacy but, rather, a product of my thoughts.”— Vironika Tugaleva, amazon.com