The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.

Quote by Alfred Adler

Topics: Inferiority Quotes

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.

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...

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

To save time is to lengthen life

To save time is to lengthen life

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...

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 :...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know...

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know...