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If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.
Albert Ellis
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Albert Ellis
Age: 93 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 27
Died: 2007
Died: July 24
Behaviour Therapist
Cognitive Scientist
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Sex Educator
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
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If the Martians ever find out how human beings think, they'll kill themselves laughing.
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By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.
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People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
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Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.
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Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.
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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.
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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.
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The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well.
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I'm very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert - I like that. And seeing clients, doing group therapy, writing books.
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