What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of…

Quote by Alfred Adler

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To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and...

To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and...

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

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

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.

If you wish to educate a child who has gone wrong, then you must, above...

If you wish to educate a child who has gone wrong, then you must, above...

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...

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...

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

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

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

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.

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...

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...

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 :...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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.

My difficulties belong to me !

My difficulties belong to me !

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies...

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies...