Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.

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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.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and...

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and...

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 are thousands of degrees and variations, but it is always clearly the attitude of...

There are thousands of degrees and variations, but it is always clearly the attitude of...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !

If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !

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...

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 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...

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...

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side :...

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side :...

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.