Albert Ellis Quotations | Page 3

And just as two wrongs don't make a right, rage against offenders is probably the worst way to try to correct them.

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition.

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

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

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.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

The emotionally mature individual should completely accept the fact that we live in a world of probability and chance, where there are not, nor probably ever will be, any absolute certainties, and should realize that it is not at all horrible, indeed—such a probabilistic, uncertain world.

Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.

Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect.