Quotes by Albert Ellis

About Albert Ellis:

Albert Ellis is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and the founder of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Based on a 1982 professional survey of USA and Canadian psychologists, he was considered as the second most influential psychotherapist in history (Carl Rogers ranked first in the survey; Sigmund Freud was ranked third).
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

Albert Ellis

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

Albert Ellis

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

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

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

Albert Ellis

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

I hope to die in the saddle seat.

Albert Ellis

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

I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression.

Albert Ellis

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.

Albert Ellis

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.

Albert Ellis

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

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

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

Albert Ellis

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

Albert Ellis

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.

Albert Ellis

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

Albert Ellis

I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

Albert Ellis

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

Albert Ellis

Author Bio

  • NameAlbert Ellis
  • DescriptionAmerican psychologist
  • BornSeptember 27, 1913
  • DiedJuly 24, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBehaviour Therapist; Psychologist; Author; Scientist
  • AwardsHumanist Of The Year