Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards… — 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… — 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
If people stopped looking on their emotions as ethereal, almost inhuman processes, and realistically viewed them as being largely composed of perceptions,… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally… — 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
