It was his simple ability to be completely, unflinchingly honest with himself — especially the worst parts of himself — and to share his failings wit… - Mark Manson

You don’t feel loved until you trust that the love being expressed toward you comes without any special conditions or baggage attached to it.

we all must give a fuck about something, in order to value something. And to value something, we must reject what is not that something. To value X, we must reject non-X.

The truth is that there’s no such thing as a personal problem. If you’ve got a problem, chances are millions of other people have had it in the past, have it now, and are going to have it in the future. Likely people you know too. That doesn’t minimize the problem or mean that it shouldn’t hurt. It doesn’t mean you aren’t legitimately a victim in some circumstances