People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.

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.

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

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.

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

The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for.