To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability,… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Religious creeds encourage some of the craziest kinds of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and favor severe manifestations of neurosis, borderline personality states,… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I started to call myself a "rational therapist" in January 1955; later I used the term "rational emotive." Now I call myself… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
My rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) was one of the very few therapies that was originated partly or largely because I wanted… — 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
