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"We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today."
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"Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl."

"All it takes is a second and your whole life can get turned upside down."

"Make a change of your steps when necessary. "Status quo" is the court room where change is kept on trial for long, delaying the verdict. Make a change and achieve your dreams. Rule your case with victory."

"An exceptional future can only be built on the transformation of the mess I've made, not the elimination of it."

"Tradition is the code that keeps change in lock. If you refuse change, you are likely to rust and guess the cause; that long held way of doing things."

"The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end."

"I hate the assumption that you can't write about something because you haven't experienced it, and not just because it assumes a limit on the human imagination, which is basically limitless. It also suggests that some leaps of identification are impossible. I refuse to accept that, because it leads to the conclusion that real change is beyond us, and so is empathy."

"In with the new, out with the old.' That's what we're told. We have to change, adapt, compromise."
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"I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition."

"I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public."

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

"I'm very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it-going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert."

"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."

"Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse."

"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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