"The feeling of being valuable - "I am a valuable person" - is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline. It is a direct product of parental love. Such a conviction must be gained in childhood; its is extremely difficult to acquire it during adulthood. Conversely, when children have learned through the love iof their parents to feel valuable, it is almost impossible for the vicissitudes of adulthood to destroy their spirit."
-M. Scott Peck on The Feeling of Value, The Road Less Traveled
