On the self
Self hatred is the gateway to all other forms of hatred. If you can hate your own self, where does your hate end? As far as we know, a single person contains all of the elements that make up the entire Universe. How can you make light of yourself, under such a realization? Each one of us is a store of all that is known to exist. There is nothing in the universe made up of anything of greater value than what constitutes your own person. If you hate yourself, it is as if you are rejecting the very Universe, certainly all that constitutes the Universe.
On family
There is no greater cause than to better oneself and to better one's