Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.

I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered multimodal or integrated therapy.

For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic. People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional. The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

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.

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

We'd better work hard on getting rid of that must - Other people must do what I want them to do!" It's what makes people hostile, nasty, mean and combative, and it leads to feuds, wars and genocide. We'd better do something about that.

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