All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking in social interest

Quote by Alfred Adler

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It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down,...

It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

My psychology belongs to everyone.

My psychology belongs to everyone.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

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

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

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.

To be human means to feel inferior.

To be human means to feel inferior.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...