“ People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection. ”

“ 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. ”

“ There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy. ”

“ We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today. ”

“ 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. ”

“ For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. ”

“ 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. ”

“ There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational. ”

“ 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. ”

“ The art of love is largely the art of persistence. ”