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Albert Ellis

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What we know about Albert Ellis comes primarily from their words — and those words are worth your time. With equal ease, Albert Ellis moved between Work and Women, finding connections others missed. Browse 20 quotes by Albert Ellis that cover ground from Work, Women, Love, Future, and Change. Among their most shared lines: "If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic."

“I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert.”

— Albert Ellis

Work

All Quotes by Albert Ellis

“For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.”

— Albert Ellis

Religion

“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

Future

“I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert.”

— Albert Ellis

Work

“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.”

— Albert Ellis

Love

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

— Albert Ellis

Men

“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.”

— Albert Ellis

Age

“People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.”

— Albert Ellis

Change

“People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.”

— Albert Ellis

Dating

“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”

— Albert Ellis

Art

“We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.”

— Albert Ellis

Change

“If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.”

— Albert Ellis

Work

“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

Best

“I hope to die in the saddle seat.”

— Albert Ellis

Hope

“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.”

— Albert Ellis

War