People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. They always have the power to think, and to think about their thinking, and to think about thinking about their thinking, which the goddamn dolphin, as far as we know, can't do. Therefore they have much greater ability to change themselves than any other animal has.
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 EllisWhen I was 16 I started keeping a diary in which I recorded my disagreements with the famous philosophers. I didn't insist that they were wrong, that I was right and I had to prevail. I just agreed and disagreed with them. I thought there was a high degree of probability that I was right and some other thinkers were wrong. But I wasn't positive about it.
Albert EllisThere are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.
Albert Ellis