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.

I started to call myself a "rational therapist" in January 1955; later I used the term "rational emotive." Now I call myself a "rational emotive behavior therapist." But from the start, I always included philosophic techniques as well as experiential, emotional and behavioral techniques.

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. So it would have had more disadvantages than advantages for them.

Whining about your own, others', or the world's failings is a main element in what we usually call neurosis.

Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect.

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

You have only to exist as you do and to live your life as best you can.