Quotes of the Night

"I find that the things that give us personality we reject because they make us uncomfortable, but why should they make us uncomfortable if they're part of who we are? If they are what make us who we are and how we are, then shouldn't we accept them with an open mind? No. Because of fear, most will never become truly who they are. We can't accept the one thing about us that we fear in others, so we in turn push all other aspects of ourselves away. We fear ourselves, so why should we be ourselves?...We shouldn't teach our children fear. We should teach them openness and acceptance. Our children shouldn't grow up 'hating' or 'being against' things that are not inherently bad because we feared too much to teach them they were okay. We are teaching our children to be closed-minded. If you are closed off to the world, you cannot be open to yourself. How can anyone be themselves when they are being reared to think they are not allowed?"