It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Quote by Alfred Adler

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Man knows much more than he understands.

Man knows much more than he understands.

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

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.

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties...

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties...

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...

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

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

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

To be human means to feel inferior.

To be human means to feel inferior.

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...

All neurotic symptoms have as their object the task of safeguarding the patient's self-esteem and...

All neurotic symptoms have as their object the task of safeguarding the patient's self-esteem and...

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

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

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.

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with...

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with...

Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth,...

Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth,...

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

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

In God's nature, religious mankind perceives the way to height. In His call it hears...

In God's nature, religious mankind perceives the way to height. In His call it hears...

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...

If you wish to educate a child who has gone wrong, then you must, above...

If you wish to educate a child who has gone wrong, then you must, above...

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

The adult looks to deed, the child to love

I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop...

I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop...

By educating the young generation along the right lines, the People's State will have to...

By educating the young generation along the right lines, the People's State will have to...