To the extent that we honor all aspects of ourselves, we remove revulsion, self-hate, horror, and terror from our lives. As whole human beings we are the creatures of the greatest complexity on this planet. Respect for this complexity includes our insisting on acceptance of the inconsistent and incongruous.
Compassion and Self Hate: An Alternative to Despair (ed. Simon and Schuster, 1998) - ISBN: 9780684841991