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Top 30 Quotes by Albert Ellis
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.”
“There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.”
“Even when people act nastily to you, don’t condemn them or retaliate.”
“To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.”
“If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally – about anything.”
“You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.”
“People don’t just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.”
“Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.”
“There’s no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.”
“You largely constructed your depression. It wasn’t given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.”
“By not caring too much about what people think, I’m able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.”
“The goal of all life is to have a ball.”
“Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny.”
“When people change their irrational beliefs to undogmatic flexible preferences, they become less disturbed.”
“The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.”
“Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.”
“People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected.”
“Even injustice has its good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.”
“Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things.”
“People have the power to think, and to think about their thinking, and to think about thinking about their thinking.”
“Religious creeds encourage some of the craziest kinds of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.”
“Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.”
“In a sense, the religious person must have no real views of his own.”
“People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.”
“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.”
“By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.”
“If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one’s feelings by controlling one’s thoughts.”
“Convince yourself that worrying about many situations will make them worse rather than improve them.”
“I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system.”
“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.”
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