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“Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.”

Quote by Albert Ellis

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Albert Ellis, born on September 27, 1913, and died on July 24, 2007, was a renowned American psychologist. He founded Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), which has had a profound impact on the field of psychotherapy. more

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