4 Quotes by Dr. Edith Eva Eger

Freedom lies in examining the choices available to us and examining the consequences of those choices. The more choices you have, the less you’re going to feel like a victim.

Now, on the eve of my return to prison, I remind myself that each of us has and Adolf Hitler and a Corrie ten Boom within us. We have the capacity to hate and the capacity to love. Which one we reach for–our inner Hitler or inner ten Boom–is up to us.

But we can't spend our lives hanging out under someone else's umbrella and then complain that we're getting wet. A good definition of being a victim is when you keep the focus outside yourself, when you look outside yourself for someone to blame for your present circumstances, or to determine your purpose, fate, or worth.

But we can’t spend our lives hanging out under someone else’s umbrella and then complain that we’re getting wet. A good definition of being a victim is when you keep the focus outside yourself, when you look outside yourself for someone to blame for your present circumstances, or to determine your purpose, fate, or worth.