Albert Ellis Quote
You can figure out by sheer logic that if you were only—and I mean only—to stay with your desires and preferences, and if you were never—and I mean never—to stray into unrealistic demands that your desires have to be fulfilled, you could very rarely disturb, really disturb, yourself about anything. Why? Because your preferences start off with, I would very much like or prefer to have success, approval, or comfort, and then end with the conclusion, But I don’t have to have it. I won’t die without it. And I could be happy (though not as happy) without it.
Albert Ellis
You can figure out by sheer logic that if you were only—and I mean only—to stay with your desires and preferences, and if you were never—and I mean never—to stray into unrealistic demands that your desires have to be fulfilled, you could very rarely disturb, really disturb, yourself about anything. Why? Because your preferences start off with, I would very much like or prefer to have success, approval, or comfort, and then end with the conclusion, But I don’t have to have it. I won’t die without it. And I could be happy (though not as happy) without it.