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David Riklan’s favorite Albert Ellis Quotes and Thoughts

• The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems


• Studies have shown that having an optimistic attitude tends to appreciably
  y live healthier and happier lives."

n tends to feel, the less chance there is that

-abiding citizen. He will often become a

does not nearly blame his

ames his total self, his entire being.

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yourself 100 percent even when faced with failure or rejection by others.

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IB’s are very disrupting and harmful for a person to have. They will often

ink worse of themselves and what others think of them then is really

reality. Phrases such as “I must” or “I have too” are IB’s. RB’s are

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The B lbert Ellis

are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the

president. You realize that you partly control your own destiny.

help people to be productive, to eventuall

• The more sinful and guilty a perso
  he will be a happy, healthy, or law
  compulsive wrong-doer. This is because he
  behavior—but also bl


• The art of love...is largely the art of persistence.


• U.S.A. or Unconditional Self-Acceptance means that you can accep

U.S.A. is a very healthy state to be in.

• Irrational Beliefs/Rational Beliefs (IB’s and RB

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constructive and helpful beliefs to have. They enable a person to realize

what is important and what is reality. They breed healthy life s

patterns of thought.

est Way to Get Started with A

Alb rt Therapy (REBT), which is the
undation for the cognitive therapy approaches that are used today by many
s for therapists and psychologists,
escribing in detail the workings of and benefits of REBT. One of his most
imp r e
principles of REBT themselves. It is A Guide to Rational Living, co-written with
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In the “Albert Ellis Biography” section above, we provided a basic definition of
REBT. This book takes you to the next step. In it, Dr. Ellis provides many
examples and very specific instructions on how to change negative, irrational, and

e Ellis developed Rational Emotive Behavorial
fo
therapists. He has written many article
d
o tant books targeted individuals (the layman) to enable them to apply th

be t A. Harper, and it is the best place to get started.