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Biography : Austrian medical doctor and psychotherapist.
Born: 1870 - Died: 1937
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Austria
Austria

Alfred Adler - Quotes

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
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It is very obvious that we are not influenced by “facts” but by our interpretation of the facts.
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Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
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It's never too late, but it's always high time.
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Man knows much more than he understands.
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The happiness of mankind lies in working together, in living as if each individual had set himself the task of contributing to the common welfare.
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We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.
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Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words.
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Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.
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Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.
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In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.
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Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.
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War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.
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A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
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To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.
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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
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The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.
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The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.
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War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.
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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.
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No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.
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God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is the most brilliant manifestation of the goal of perfection.
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The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.
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