Top 34 Quotes by Albert Ellis

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.

You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.

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.

I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.

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.

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.

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.