If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.

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

You have only to exist as you do and to live your life as best you can.

Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What there is, is human goals and purposes as noted by sane existentialists. But a lot of transcendentalists are utter screwballs.

As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.

Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.

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.