Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

The great majority of the things we now make ourselves panicked about are self-created 'dangers' that exist almost entirely in our own imaginations.

I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it.

When people change their irrational beliefs to undogmatic flexible preferences, they become less disturbed.

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!

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.

If the Martians ever find out how human beings think, they'll kill themselves laughing.