Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.

Quote by Alfred Adler

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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...

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 science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of...

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

I think Bible principles are principles for life.

I think Bible principles are principles for life.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.