By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

Strong feelings are fine; it's the overreactions that mess us up.

People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.

When I was 16 I started keeping a diary in which I recorded my disagreements with the famous philosophers. I didn't insist that they were wrong, that I was right and I had to prevail. I just agreed and disagreed with them. I thought there was a high degree of probability that I was right and some other thinkers were wrong. But I wasn't positive about it.

My rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) was one of the very few therapies that was originated partly or largely because I wanted to be brief and efficient. And therefore right from the start I was active and directive. I tried to show people some central masturbatory core to their philosophy and to get them to work at changing it cognitively, emotionally and behaviorally.

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