i don’t like the term “self-love”

for me self-respect is more important than so called self-love. because love is often blind, but self-respect is based straight up on our actions and its outcomes, actions that include discipline, hard work, a constant battle with our own character

“people with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called character..”

just one long, honest, meaningful conversation here will fix me

kendall roy once said: “my not-so-spotless reputation precedes me”
and i felt that

if you ever think that you're too obsessed with something, just remember that alexander the great slept with his prized copy of the Iliad annotated by aristotle under his pillow alongside a dagger, ready to murder anyone who tried to take it away from him