(…) Self-improvement is really about prioritizing better values, choosing better things to give a fuck about. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.  The Little Zen Companion

Religious values tend to be especially deeply held and hence frequent cause of disastrous behaviour. [...] The modern world provides us with abundant secular examples of admirable values to which we cling under conditions where those values no longer make sense [...] It appears to me that much of the rigid opposition to environmental concerns in the First World nowadays involves values acquired early in life and never again reexamined [...]. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

She imagined seeing herself as just another brilliant freak of nature. Just another sentient animal, trying their best. Midnight Library