I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one.

Needing leads to bleeding - to almost all inevitable suffering.

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.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. They always have the power to think, and to think about their thinking, and to think about thinking about their thinking, which the goddamn dolphin, as far as we know, can't do. Therefore they have much greater ability to change themselves than any other animal has.

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed with them because, again, I don't care too much what other people think.

If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.