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If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic. - Albert Ellis
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We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today. - Albert Ellis
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For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. - Albert Ellis
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Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse. - Albert Ellis
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As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing. - Albert Ellis
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You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it. - Albert Ellis
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Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. - Albert Ellis
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Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. - Albert Ellis
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By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed. - Albert Ellis
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I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression. - Albert Ellis
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Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human. - Albert Ellis
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People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change. - Albert Ellis
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I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs. - Albert Ellis
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There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational. - Albert Ellis
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Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional. - Albert Ellis
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I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public. - Albert Ellis
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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. - Albert Ellis
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I hope to die in the saddle seat. - Albert Ellis
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People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection. - Albert Ellis
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There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy. - Albert Ellis
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The art of love is largely the art of persistence. - Albert Ellis
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The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. - Albert Ellis
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