To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

Convince yourself that worrying about many situations will make them worse rather than improve them.

I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.

You mainly feel the way you think.

Attempts to help humans eliminate all self-ratings and views self-esteem as a self-defeating concept that encourages them to make conditional evaluations of self. Instead, it teaches people unconditional self-acceptance.

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

Failure doesn't have anything to do with your intrinsic value as a person.