Albert Ellis Quotes
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The art of love is largely the art of persistence.
[Art]
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The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don't blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny.
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The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer.
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The psychotics, naturally, don't think straight. Severe personality disorders take much longer to treat than people who are neurotic.
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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.
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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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Tolerance is anathema to devout divinity-centered religionists...
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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.
[Change]
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We teach people to be flexible, scientific and logical in their thinking and therefore to be less prone to brainwashing by the therapist.
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We're a nonprofit organization, and it usually costs 0 an hour for individual therapy. Participating in a group costs 0 a month.
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You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.
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