Quote

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

Albert Ellis

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Make
Blame
Worst
Probably
Hate
Two
Offenders
Right
Wrongs
Trying
Correct
Way
Rage

More quotes by Albert Ellis

Image
I regret that I've been so busy with clinical work that I haven't been able to spend much time on experiments and outcome studies.
Albert Ellis
Image
People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
Albert Ellis
Image
Stop shoulding on yourself
Albert Ellis
Image
We'd better work hard on getting rid of that must - Other people must do what I want them to do! It's what makes people hostile, nasty, mean and combative, and it leads to feuds, wars and genocide. We'd better do something about that.
Albert Ellis
Image
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.
Albert Ellis
Image
Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.
Albert Ellis
Image
You have only to exist as you do and to live your life as best you can.
Albert Ellis
Image
The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.
Albert Ellis
Image
You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.
Albert Ellis
Image
I hope to die in the saddle seat.
Albert Ellis
Image
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.
Albert Ellis
Image
So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities.
Albert Ellis
Image
The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.
Albert Ellis
Image
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.
Albert Ellis
Image
I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.
Albert Ellis
Image
The goal of all life is to have a ball.
Albert Ellis
Image
By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.
Albert Ellis
Image
When people change their irrational beliefs to undogmatic flexible preferences, they become less disturbed.
Albert Ellis
Image
I don't recommend that people speak their minds to their bosses or to somebody who's directly over them. You need to know when to speak your mind and what the penalty will be for doing so. Sometimes it's worth it, and often it's not!
Albert Ellis
Image
Even when people act nastily to you, don't condemn them or retaliate.
Albert Ellis