H. F. 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Trying to find a human side to the character is a way to give them a chance to have people like them.

Being awesome really comes down to having confidence.

I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it's not that I follow one specific track. It's sort of what I like. I love colors. I love unique pieces. I love vintage clothing.

You need to believe in your passion, no matter how stupid or insane that might make you look to the rest of the world.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life.

Magic is the cheat codes for the world.

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.

Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.

Loosening control of your life into Gods hands brings an overwhelming sense of peace and confidence.

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.

Esoteric philosophy teaches that the physical form, the body, of the individual is made new at birth; but the soul is ancient, the stuff of stars.

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

Mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide.

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified.

I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew.

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

I love good food. For me, that means lots of green juice, salad, and good dark chocolate.

Charm" — which means the power to effect work without employing brute force — is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

Look how black the sky is, the writer said. I made it that way.

Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

I just gotta find myself. Somehow, some way. However I gotta do it, I gotta do it.

Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is a crock. Some people truly do not need to be here.

I think in life, there are certain choices you make that are timeless and universal, and don't necessarily have anything to do with the particulars of a certain decade.

At the end of the day, we're people and we should fight for each other and we should make sure the well-being of each one of us is taken care of.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough

What do you want for your life? And how are you going to get it? Figure that out. And then follow me to gloryville.

The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow.

When you feel happy, you look beautiful.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.

To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life.

I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.

Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.