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

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.

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 :...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.

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

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

Man knows much more than he understands.

Man knows much more than he understands.

To save time is to lengthen life

To save time is to lengthen life

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...

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 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...

A good college is like unprotected sex: Glad you got in, wish you never came.

A good college is like unprotected sex: Glad you got in, wish you never came.

I could not lose unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or...

I could not lose unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

You may not understand completely in what ways, but it is true when I say...

You may not understand completely in what ways, but it is true when I say...