If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change.

Quote by Alfred Adler

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God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates,...

God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates,...

To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses...

To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses...

To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and...

To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and...

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the...

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the...

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime...

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime...

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.

The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.

My difficulties belong to me !

My difficulties belong to me !

Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be...

Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be...

We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.

We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.

We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal....

We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal....

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The human mind shows an urge to capture into fixed forms through unreal assumptions, that...

The human mind shows an urge to capture into fixed forms through unreal assumptions, that...

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.

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.

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real...

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real...