“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”
― The Insulted and Humiliated
― The Insulted and Humiliated
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
Esther’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Esther’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Christian, Comics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Humor and Comedy, Music, Self help, Suspense, Travel, and Young-adult
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