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Alfred Adler (February 7, 1870 - May 28, 1937) was an Austrian psychologist and neurologist, one of the founders of individual psychology. Adler's theory emphasizes the social and cultural factors of individual psychology, believing that individual behavior is influenced by their social environment and family background.

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Famous Alfred Adler Quotes

“To injure another person through atonement is one of the most subtle devices of the neurotic, as when, for example, he indulges in self-accusations.”

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Author:Alfred Adler

“Every neurotic is partly in the right.”

Book:The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler: Case histories

Source: The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler: Case histories

“Far more unwaveringly, the neurotic keeps before his eye his God, his idol, his ideal of personality and clings to his guiding principle, losing sight in the meanwhile of reality, whereas the normal person is always ready to dispense with this crutch, this aid, and reckon unhampered with reality.”

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Author:Alfred Adler

“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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Book:PROBLEMS OF NEUROSIS: A BOOK OF CASE HISTORIES

Source: PROBLEMS OF NEUROSIS: A BOOK OF CASE HISTORIES

“It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by an ideal, since in doing so he can depreciate him as much as he wishes.”

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Author:Alfred Adler

“It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in order to appear great ... such ... are often the expedients of the neurotic.”

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Author:Alfred Adler

“In this case, the neurotic resembles a human being who looks up to God, commends himself to His ways, and then religiously awaits how the Lord will guide him; he is nailed to the cross of his fiction.”

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Book:The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 1: Fundamentals of Individual Psychology and Psychotherapy: the Neurotic Character

Source: The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 1: Fundamentals of Individual Psychology and Psychotherapy: the Neurotic Character