Albert Ellis quotes - page 2

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. Then I found that it intensively went into every irrelevancy under the sun - and that it didn't work. People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change. (Albert Ellis)
Whining about your own, others', or the world's failings is a main element in what we usually call neurosis. View quote
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If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic. View quote
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People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change. View quote
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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. View quote
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People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I hope to die in the saddle seat. View quote
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Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. View quote
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I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. (Albert Ellis)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. View quote
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By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed. View quote
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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. View quote
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Reality is not so much what happens to us; rather, it is how we think about those events that create the reality we experience. In a very real sense, this means that we each create the reality in which we live. View quote
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You mainly feel the way you think. View quote
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By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit. View quote
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In fact most of what we call anxiety is overconcern about what someone thinks of you. (Albert Ellis)
If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences, or self-talk, with which one largely created the feeling in the first place. View quote
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The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action. View quote
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You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity. View quote
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If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything. View quote
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