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We make a mistake if we ask ourselves, "Am I good enough?" or "Is it worthwhile to be me?" … Whoever heard of a baby who was inadequate or a child who did not know just exactly how to be a child? How could it not be all right for me to be me? How could it not be just right for you to be you?
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Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty.
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He may only get to keep that which he is willing to let go of.
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So it is that there is nothing to be taught, but yet there is something to be learned.
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Sheldon Kopp
Born:
March 29, 1929
Died:
March 29, 1999
(aged 70)
Bio:
Sheldon Kopp was a psychotherapist and author, based in Washington, D.C.. He was born in New York City, and received his PhD from the New School for Social Research.
Known for:
If You Meet the Buddha On the Road Kill (1972)
An End To Innocence (1978)
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