People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. They always have the power to think, and to think about their… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
We'd better work hard on getting rid of that must - Other people must do what I want them to do!" It's… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years. — 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
When I started to get disillusioned with psychoanalysis I reread philosophy and was reminded of the constructivist notion that Epictetus had proposed… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often… — 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
