QUOTES by Albert Ellis
Find most favourite and famour Authors from A.A Milne to Zoe Kravitz.
"Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"When a person implores you to be reasonable what he means is that you should speed round forthwith to his point of view."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"This perhaps is what is meant by hiraeth: a lifelong yearning for what is gona and out of reach."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"There is no relationship. Women, like men, women, children, babies hamsters. This is the Google Translate of the quote in Persian, above."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"My rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) was one of the very few therapies that was originated partly or largely because I wanted to be brief and efficient. And therefore right from the start I was active and directive. I tried to show people some central masturbatory core to their philosophy and to get them to work at changing it cognitively, emotionally and behaviorally."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What there is, is human goals and purposes as noted by sane existentialists. But a lot of transcendentalists are utter screwballs."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"For many years now I have had the quaint idea that all humans-yes, the whole six billion of them on this planet-are out of their fucking minds."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Too many people are unaware that it is not outer events or circumstances that will create happiness; rather, it is our perception of events and of ourselves that will create, or uncreate, positive emotions."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"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."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"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."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Freudian therapists do a lot of listening and very little persuading, and that was one of the reasons I eventually gave up being an analyst. You had to be too passive and not speak up, and you couldn't give homework to clients. While I was still an analyst, I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit psychoanalysis after practicing it for six years."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or strongly evaluative kind - of thought."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"The concept of deservingness for one’s “sins” implies that certain acts are unquestionably under all conditions “sinful.” And this is impossible to prove."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Whining about your own, others', or the world's failings is a main element in what we usually call neurosis."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"If the Martians ever find out how human beings think, they'll kill themselves laughing."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"We can actually put the essence of neurosis in a single word: blaming - or damning."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Convince yourself that worrying about many situations will make them worse rather than improve them."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency."
Quote by -Albert Ellis
"Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others."
Quote by -Albert Ellis