Albert Ellis Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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 started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.”

“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.”