Austrian - Psychologist | February 7, 1870 - May 28, 1937
We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.
Alfred Adler
BadTemperMustSignInferiority
Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.
GreatBlessingProgressDeathPeople
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
LifeYouTakeDangerMayChief
Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.
FeelingExpressionInferiority
No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.
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The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.
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Man knows much more than he understands.
ManMoreKnowsThanHeMuch
The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.
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It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
LiveFightPrinciplesAlwaysUp
The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.
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It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
LiveFightBrainyPrinciplesUp
We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion the child has drawn.
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