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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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,...

The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the...

The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is 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...

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

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and...

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work 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 inherited possibilities and all influences of the body, all environmental influences, including educational application,...

All inherited possibilities and all influences of the body, all environmental influences, including educational application,...

My psychology belongs to everyone.

My psychology belongs to everyone.

Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the...

Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the...

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...

My difficulties belong to me!

My difficulties belong to me!

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 :...

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...

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.

Rose- beauty, pricks- painful both cooperate with each other then why can't we?

Rose- beauty, pricks- painful both cooperate with each other then why can't we?