Needing leads to bleeding - to almost all inevitable suffering.

We can actually put the essence of neurosis in a single word: blaming - or damning.

The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well.

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

I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.

Beginning in the 1960s, many studies showed that people who hold what we call irrational beliefs are significantly more disturbed than when they don't hold them, and the more strongly they hold them, the more disturbed they tend to be.

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.