It is also an issue of self-respect

It is also an issue of self-respect. Once a greater self-respect is creative, then they are able to resist oppression. Maybe you are a loser, maybe you're not. But that doesn't mean that you must continue in acting like a loser.

— from The Mind in the Cockpit

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