Strong Feelings Are Fine; It's The Overreactions

You Have Only To Exist As You Do And To Live Your Life As Best You Can.

Many Psychoanalysts Refused To Let Me Speak At Their Meetings. They Were Exceptionally Vigorous Because I Had Previously Been An Analyst And They Were Very Angry At My Flying The Coop.

When I Was 16 I Started Keeping A Diary In Which I Recorded My Disagreements With The Famous Philosophers. I Didn't Insist That They Were Wrong, That I Was Right And I Had To Prevail. I Just Agreed And Disagreed With Them. I Thought There Was A High Degree Of Probability That I Was Right And Some Other Thinkers Were Wrong. But I Wasn't Positive About It.

By Not Caring Too Much About What People Think, I'm Able To Think For Myself And Propagate Ideas Which Are Very Often Unpopular. And I Succeed.

Let's Suppose Somebody Abused You Sexually. You Still Had A Choice, Though Not A Good One, About What To Tell Yourself About The Abuse.