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
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. – 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