1908-1988, American Writer
Affirmation / Approval I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I don't need nobody to make me somebody.
Autonomy / Control Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him; then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be … Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.
Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004