If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences, or self-talk, with which one largely created the feeling in the first place.

The emotionally sound person should be able to take risks, to ask himself what he really would like to do in life, and then to try to do this, even though he has to risk defeat or failure. He should be adventurous (though not necessarily foolhardy); be willing to try almost anything once, just to see how he likes it; and look forward to some breaks in his usual life routines.

Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.

If I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.

Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.