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As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.
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Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
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In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs.
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I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.
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By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed.
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Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.
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I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years.
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Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.
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I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
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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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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.
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There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
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Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
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I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.
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