The Importance of Respecting Yourself

It's perfectly reasonable to view yourself as something that has intrinsic value. Your alert consciousness is in fact the mechanism that keeps society from degenerating into tyranny and keeps the wolf from the door. You have to treat yourself like you have that value even though you might be ashamed of yourself for everything that you're not. The same thing is true of the choice of people that you associate with with your friends so rule three is make friends with those who want the best for you.