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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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...

If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the...

If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

In God's nature, religious mankind perceives the way to height. In His call it hears...

In God's nature, religious mankind perceives the way to height. In His call it hears...

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

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

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...

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...

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

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 no such thing as talent. There is pressure.

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

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.

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 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...

Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like...

Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like...

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia,...

The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia,...