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Albert Ellis Quotes: "People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness."

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



Albert Ellis Quotes: "Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them."

Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them.




Albert Ellis Quotes: "If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic."

If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "And just as two wrongs don't make a right, rage against offenders is probably the worst way to try to correct them."

And just as two wrongs don't make a right, rage against offenders is probably the worst way to try to correct them.




Albert Ellis Quotes: "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."

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.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "If the Martians ever find out how human beings think, they'll kill themselves laughing."

If the Martians ever find out how human beings think, they'll kill themselves laughing.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect."

Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect.




Albert Ellis Quotes: "The goal of all life is to have a ball."

The goal of all life is to have a ball.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities."

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



Albert Ellis Quotes: "We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today."

We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "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."

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.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle."

The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.




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

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



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist."

I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments."

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself."

Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing."

As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs."

In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them."

I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well."

The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions."

Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it."

I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I hope to die in the saddle seat."

I hope to die in the saddle seat.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "Religious fanaticism has clearly produced, and in all probability will continue to produce, enormous amounts of bickering, fighting, violence, bloodshed, homicide, feuds, wars, and genocide."

Religious fanaticism has clearly produced, and in all probability will continue to produce, enormous amounts of bickering, fighting, violence, bloodshed, homicide, feuds, wars, and genocide.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I regret that I've been so busy with clinical work that I haven't been able to spend much time on experiments and outcome studies."

I regret that I've been so busy with clinical work that I haven't been able to spend much time on experiments and outcome studies.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert."

I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "Humans can always accept themselves unconditionally."

Humans can always accept themselves unconditionally.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered multimodal or integrated therapy."

I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered multimodal or integrated therapy.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "As a matter of fact, as a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing."

As a matter of fact, as a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one."

I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. Had I not been a therapist, I would have been an efficiency expert."

Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. Had I not been a therapist, I would have been an efficiency expert.



Albert Ellis Quotes: "The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence."

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