Neurosis Is Just A High-class Word For

Thinking Rationally Is Often Different From "positive Thinking," In That It Is A Realistic Assessment Of The Situation, With A View Towards Rectifying The Problem If Possible.

I Started To Call Myself A Rational Therapist In 1955; Later I Used The Term Rational Emotive. Now I Call Myself A Rational Emotive Behavior Therapist.

The Emotionally Mature Individual Should Completely Accept The Fact That We Live In A World Of Probability And Chance, Where There Are Not, Nor Probably Ever Will Be, Any Absolute Certainties, And Should Realize That It Is Not At All Horrible, Indeed—such A Probabilistic, Uncertain World.

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.

This, Perhaps, Goes To Show That Conditional Self-esteem, As I Have Said For Many Years, Is An Insidious, Real Sickness, So Much So That Even Buddhists Carelessly Sneak It In And Sometimes Encourage Their Clients To Achieve It.