3. Ellis: Taking Personal Responsibility for Your Life

"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

This famous quote from Abraham Maslow is often known as the law of instrument or Maslow's hammer. Essentially, it suggests an over-reliance on a familiar or favorite tool. While such...

"When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic."

Rogers's quote suggests that while focusing on news stories might make the world seem like a terrible place, focusing on individual people can help you maintain a more optimistic and realistic view of the...

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."

When people think of education, they tend to think of facts and figures learned in school. However, it is often the methods, principles, and inquiry process that lie behind knowledge that really matter.

As B. ...

"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination."

Have you ever been so focused on achieving a goal that you totally forget to enjoy the journey toward reaching that goal? Carl Rogers's quotation suggests that living a good life is all about the journ...

"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice."

With this quote, psychologist and philosopher William James is saying life shouldn't always be about taking the easy road. Sometimes the greatest learning experiences are those brought on by adversity...