"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."

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This quotation examines the core nature of Work as articulated by Albert Ellis. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Work provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Albert Ellis

Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded, and was the President of, the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and an early proponent and developer of cognitive-behavioral therapies.

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

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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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"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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"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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"A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction."

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"I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure."

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"The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office."

— Herbert Hoover
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"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving."

— Anatole France
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