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18 quotes by Nathaniel Branden

Nathaniel Branden (April 9, 1930 – December 3, 2014) was a Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer known for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A former associate and romantic partner of Ayn Rand, Branden also played a prominent role in the 1960s in promoting Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Rand and Branden split acrimoniously in 1968, after which Branden focused on developing his own psychological theories and modes of therapy.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

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Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfless. To love is to see myself in you and to wish... →

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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every... →

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There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and... →

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Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

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I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to understand was very... →

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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

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A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

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To love a person is to know and love the person. But we can pick up an enormous amount about another human being just by exchanging a couple of... →

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Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.

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In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.

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Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

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When I was a child, I felt at times that I had been born into an insane asylum, that much of human life appeared to be an insane asylum. It was... →

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