For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. – 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
I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs. – Albert Ellis
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. – Albert Ellis