"...purity of the heart is the one success worth having."

'In the time of your life--live!'
That time is short and it doesn't return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, and the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, Loss, Loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition.

"A Streetcar Named Desire"
--Tennessee Williams


A little over dramatic, but the meaning still rings true.

Like Yourself, Late At Night

"It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."
--Norman Vincent Peale

I laughted when I first read this because I was thinking how truer words have never been spoken. Neither have simpler instructions to a happy life ever been articulated. I mean, once you get over issues with depression and self-esteem (which don't get me wrong, is in no possible way ever done with ease), liking yourself and gaining satisfaction from the relationship can't be all that hard right?

What I failed to realize is that to like yourself, you have to first find yourself. Or at least, never give up trying. For some, that's half the battle.