People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
Albert EllisBeginning 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.
Albert EllisThere's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
Albert EllisEven injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.
Albert EllisFor 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.
Albert Ellis