Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice read more

Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice... If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself.

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They want desperately to perceive a read more

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They want desperately to perceive a vast gulf between man and the rest of creation. This mythology of human superiority justifies their doing whatever they please with the world, just the way Hitler’s mythology of Aryan superiority justified his doing whatever he pleased with Europe. But in the end this mythology is not deeply satisfying. The Takers are a profoundly lonely people. The world for them is enemy territory, and they live in it like an army of occupation, alienated and isolated by their extraordinary specialness.

The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and un-fulfillment, read more

The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and un-fulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.

Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because read more

Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the read more

The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.