Quotes by Albert Ellis

“For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency”

“I think its unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; thats the human condition.”

“I just got fed up. I was ready to blow up. This country is about enforcing our laws and if we dont, well have chaos worse than we already do.”

“He appeared to me the bravest man it fell to my unhappy lot to execute.”

“He would have been a security problem for any jail he would have been at. The judge was cognizant of that.”

Stop shoulding on yourself

You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use it, to choose healthy instead of unhealthy thinking, feeling and acting.

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, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

I hope to die in the saddle seat.

For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.

Theres no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.

People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that theyd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.

We teach people that they upset themselves. We cant change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.

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.