“It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.”
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Famous Alfred Adler Quotes
“Man knows much more than he understands.”
Source: Social Interest: Adler's Key to the Meaning of Life
“We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.”
Source: PROBLEMS OF NEUROSIS: A BOOK OF CASE HISTORIES
“Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.”
Source: The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 1: Fundamentals of Individual Psychology and Psychotherapy: the Neurotic Character
“To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.”
Source: The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler: Journal articles : 1931-1937
“Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.”
Source: The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler: Journal articles : 1914-1920
“The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.”
“To be human means to feel inferior.”
Source: Social Interest: Adler's Key to the Meaning of Life
“A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.”
“There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.”
“It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.”
“Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.”
Source: The Science of Living (Psychology Revivals)
“The goal of the human soul is conquest, perfection, security, superiority.”
Source: Social Interest: Adler's Key to the Meaning of Life
Source: The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 1: Fundamentals of Individual Psychology and Psychotherapy: the Neurotic Character