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

Quote by Alfred Adler

Topics: Alfred Adler Quotes

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the...

The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the...

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ...

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ...

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent,...

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent,...

There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few...

There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few...

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...

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...

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are...

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are...

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

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...

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is...

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is...

Imperfect preparation gives rise to the thousand-fold forms that express physical and mental inferiority and...

Imperfect preparation gives rise to the thousand-fold forms that express physical and mental inferiority and...

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give...

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...

To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to...

To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where...

In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where...

The eyes are the mirror of the soul

The eyes are the mirror of the soul