The human mind shows an urge to capture into fixed forms through unreal assumptions, that is, fictions, that which is chaotic, always in flux, and incomprehensible. Serving this urge, the child quite generally uses a scheme in order to act…

Quote by Alfred Adler

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Mind Quotes

My difficulties belong to me !

My difficulties belong to me !

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 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.

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

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....

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime...

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime...