Alfred Adler

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

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.

Man knows more than he understands.

Man knows more than he understands.

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human read more

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.

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!