"Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man……" — Albert Ellis
"Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional."
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81 Quotes by Albert Ellis
Albert Ellis has 81 quotes on this site.
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Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What…
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If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or…
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Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or…
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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. They always have the power to think, and to think…
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If people stopped looking on their emotions as ethereal, almost inhuman processes, and realistically viewed them as being largely composed…
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The emotionally sound person should be able to take risks, to ask himself what he really would like to do…
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You mainly feel the way you think.
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You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.
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The goal of all life is to have a ball.
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Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
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The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.
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Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.
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More Conditional Quotes
This quote is filed under Conditional Quotes,
one of 46 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.
— Octavia Butler
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You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate…
— Byron Katie
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Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your…
— John D. MacDonald
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A conditional love is nothing but an infatuation, sexuality. Unconditional is the only way love can be. Wherever a condition…
— Rajneesh
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The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance, Co-operation which needs consideration is as a…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.
— Robert C. Solomon
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Part of the problem with extreme patriotism is that it makes the support of one's country and its policies unconditional.…
— Stephen Nathanson
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Reality confronts man with a great many musts, but all of them are conditional the formula of realistic necessity is…
— Ayn Rand
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The full flower of divine love and our greatest blessings from that love are conditional-predicated upon our obedience to eternal…
— Russell M. Nelson
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God was happy without humans before they were made; he would have continued happy had he simply destroyed them after…
— J I Packer
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When attachment arises in the place of love, it sees the other as separate; it grasps and needs. Attachment is…
— Jack Kornfield
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For a country founded on the idea that rights are inalienable and inherent from birth, we’ve developed a high tolerance…
— Matt Taibbi
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