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August 1949

Faith in One's Self

SELF-DOUBT is caused by the fact that every human activity involves some other person, whose praise or blame seems unduly important. We set a goal of perfection in imperfect surroundings and an imperfect world, and groaningly conclude that it cannot be achieved. But perfectionism is dangerous to toy with and creates a confused mind.

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