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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

Topics: Best Blame Control Decide Destiny Ecology Life Mother Own President Problems Realize Them Which Years You Your

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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.

~Albert Ellis

Topics: Accept Acceptance Alive Because Everybody He He Or She Human Just Just Because Lovable Love Love You Person She Traits You

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I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition.

~Albert Ellis

Topics: Condition Fallible Human Human Condition Humans Right Screwed-Up Think Unfair I Think

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The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

~Albert Ellis

Topics: Art Largely Love Love Is Persistence

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You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

~Albert Ellis

Topics: Constructed Depression Given Largely Therefore You Your

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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

Topics: Back Easy Hold Me Must Three Treat Us Well World You

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

~Albert Ellis

Topics: Beliefs Bring Closer Getting Good Rational Real Real World Results The Real World Us World

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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

Topics: Behaving Change Feeling How Past People Teach Themselves Thinking Today Upset

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

~Albert Ellis

Topics: Bothering Change Damn Damn Thing Did Got Hardly Insights People Them Thing

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

~Albert Ellis

Topics: Again Childish Dependency Essentially Manner Religion

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: September 27th, 1913

Died: July 24th, 2007

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