Albert Ellis

The art of love... is largely the art of persistence.

Albert Ellis

Even injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world

Albert Ellis

Too many people are unaware that it is not outer events or circumstances that will create happiness; rather, it is our perception of events and of ourselves that will create, or uncreate, positive...

Albert Ellis

People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.

Albert Ellis

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

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

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

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don't blame them on your mother, the ecology or the president. You realize that you control your own...

Albert Ellis