Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.

Religious fanaticism has clearly produced, and in all probability will continue to produce, enormous amounts of bickering, fighting, violence, bloodshed, homicide, feuds, wars, and genocide.

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

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!

Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.

And just as two wrongs don't make a right, rage against offenders is probably the worst way to try to correct them.

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.