Like an enemy I knew as intimately as any friend, I came to know the nagging, constant emptiness of the incongruent life. I ignored myself and lived for people, purposes, and goals that weren't my own. I betrayed who I was and instead accepted a fictional substitute that was defined from the outside in.

Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2003) - ISBN: 9780743227254