Self-Image

"Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
       sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."
  - Proverbs 23:24

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival." - C.S. Lewis

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives." - C.S. Lewis

"Without the gospel, your self-image is based upon living up to some standards – whether yours or someone’s imposed upon you. If you live up to those standards, you will be confident but not humble. If you don’t live up to them, you will be humble but not confident. Only in the gospel can you be both enormously bold and utterly sensitive and humble. For you are both perfect and a sinner!" - Dr. Tim Keller