"Providing inner security for yourself begins by being your own best friend within the work setting. You have to protect the only friend you may ever have at work: yourself. You have to become aware of the many ways you may sabotage yourself by thinking poorly of yourself or talking callously to yourself. Providing inner safety assists your sense of solidity (wholeness, integrity) and reduces your anxiety feelings." (p. 210)
"But, like any other living organism, the human individuum needs favorable conditions for his growth from 'acorn into oak tree'; he needs an atmosphere of warmth to give him both a feeling of inner security and the inner freedom enabling him to have his own feelings and thoughts and to express himself..." (p. 18)