As a result of my philosophy, I wasnt even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didnt hate him. I hated what he was doing. – Albert Ellis
We teach people that they upset themselves. We cant change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today. – Albert Ellis
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. – Albert Ellis
I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means of coercing injustice more gratifying to our nature than a waste of the blood of thousands and of the labor of millions of our fellow creatures? – Thomas Jefferson