Alfred Adler

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human read more

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more

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 them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the read more

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.

To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest...The greater read more

To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest...The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.

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

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