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

You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.

Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or strongly evaluative kind - of thought.

There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.

For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.

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. In that sense, psychotherapy belongs in the schools.

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the problem if possible.