“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.”
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“For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.
If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
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If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
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“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.”
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“Even injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.”
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