Author: 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

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.

- Albert Ellis

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.

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.

- Albert Ellis

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

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

- 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.

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.

- Albert Ellis

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

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

- Albert Ellis

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

- Albert Ellis

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

We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.

We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.

- Albert Ellis

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