The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.
Albert EllisIf I had been a member of the academic establishment, I could have done other experiments.
Albert EllisBy honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.
Albert EllisMy 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.
Albert Ellis