If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change.

Quote by Alfred Adler

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal....

We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal....

The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.

The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

We can comprehend every single life phenomenon, as if the past, the present, and the...

We can comprehend every single life phenomenon, as if the past, the present, and the...

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

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...

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

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

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...

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends