Alfred Adler

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

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

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with a personal, egocentric striving for read more

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with a personal, egocentric striving for superiority, and is therefore retarded in the development of his social interest, as we find regularly among

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.

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking read more

All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking in social interest

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!