Nathaniel Branden Expression Quotations

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

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions.

A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously.

To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment of my values in another person. Love is an act of self-assertion, self-expression and a celebration of being alive.

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