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In fact most of what we call anxiety is overconcern about what someone thinks of you.
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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
People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
— Albert Ellis
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
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So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities.
— Albert Ellis
The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.
— Albert Ellis
To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.
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There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
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I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition.
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insight will help you very little.
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Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.
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Convince yourself that worrying about many situations will make them worse rather than improve them.
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People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.
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The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for.
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Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
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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.
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I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.
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I hope to die in the saddle seat.
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Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
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I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.
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Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them.
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Evolution is arranged so that a species survives, not so that it will be happy while it survives.
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You mainly feel the way you think.
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Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.
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You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.
— Albert Ellis
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
The goal of all life is to have a ball.
— Albert Ellis
Whining about your own, others', or the world's failings is a main element in what we usually call neurosis.
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Worrying about dying will hardly help you live.
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Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.
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You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.
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The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.
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If the Martians ever find out how human beings think, they'll kill themselves laughing.
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The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.
— Albert Ellis
Stop shoulding on yourself
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If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.
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We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.
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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.
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Even injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.
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