Endeavor Quote by Albert Ellis

“Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.”

Albert Ellis

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So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities.

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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.

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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

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“The concept of deservingness for one’s “sins” implies that certain acts are unquestionably under all conditions “sinful.” And this is impossible to prove.”

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The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

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I teach people to be flexible, scientific and logical in their thinking and therefore to be less prone to brainwashing by the therapist.

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