04/01/2026
When you start respecting yourself you will really know how to respect others. Those who cannot respect themselves cannot respect others. And respect that [which] is good in others.
And do not worry about their faults but respect them for their good, so that you also have good in you and you respect yourself. That is not asserting, this respect is never asserting, it’s very comforting, extremely comforting.
A person who respects himself is the most congenial person to live with. He doesn’t come forward too much, neither he recedes back too much. He’s just there. Like a wise man, you know he’s there: you can always approach such a person.
Knots On The Three Channels. Caxton Hall, London (England), October 2nd, 1978.