In fact most of what we call anxiety is overconcern about what someone thinks of you. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Convince yourself that worrying about many situations will make them worse rather than improve them. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
The great majority of the things we now make ourselves panicked about are self-created 'dangers' that exist almost entirely in our own… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
“REBT’s Insight No. 1 holds that you have both healthy and unhealthy emotions” — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Failure doesn't have anything to do with your intrinsic value as a person. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The concept of deservingness for one’s “sins” implies that certain acts are unquestionably under all conditions “sinful.” And this is impossible to prove.” — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I teach people to be flexible, scientific and logical in their thinking and therefore to be less prone to brainwashing by the therapist. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
