Alfred Adler ( 10 of 30 )
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most read more
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.
There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few years it should be as read more
There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.
Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for read more
Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.
All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking read more
All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking in social interest
I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning
I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning
The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the read more
The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with a personal, egocentric striving for read more
Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with a personal, egocentric striving for superiority, and is therefore retarded in the development of his social interest, as we find regularly among
The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and un-fulfillment, read more
The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and un-fulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.
