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Biography - Alfred Adler:

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

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by “facts” but by our interpretation of the facts.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il est évident que nous ne sommes pas influencés par les « faits », mais par notre opinion sur les faits.

German
Dass wir nicht von Tatsachen, sondern von unserer Meinung über Tatsachen beeinflusst sind, liegt klar auf der Hand.




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Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.


If you suffer pain because of some external cause, what troubles you is not the thing but your decision about it.

It is possible to entertain no thought about this, and not to be troubled in spirit; for things of themselves are not so constituted as to create our judgements upon them.

The greatest disorder of the mind is to believe certain things because we want them to be such and not because we have seen what they are.




Quotes for: fact


Quotes

Quotes for: fact


What's done cannot be undone.





To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.





The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.





The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.





When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: What are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts.





Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning.











Quotes for: opinion


Quotes

Quotes for: opinion


I think my opinions are good and sound, but who does not think the same of his own?





Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken: the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.





Article X – No one may be disturbed for his opinions, even religious ones, provided that their manifestation does not trouble the public order established by the law.





Article XI – The free communication of thoughts and of opinions is one of the most precious rights of man: any citizen thus may speak, write, print freely, except to respond to the abuse of this liberty, in the cases determined by the law.





We are so fond of being out among Nature, because it has no opinions about us.





So many men, so many opinions.











Quotes

Alfred Adler also said...


The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.





It's never too late, but it's always high time.





Man knows much more than he understands.





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.





Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.





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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