Quotes By 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.

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

Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.