Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Alfred Adler

Quote by Alfred Adler

“The Adlerians, in the name of "individual psychology," take the side of society against the individual. ... Adler's later thought succumbs to the worst of his earlier banalization. It is conventional, practical, and moralistic. "Our science ... is based on common sense." Common sense, the half-truths of a deceitful society, is honored as the honest truths of a frank world.”

Quote by Alfred Adler

Create image

Author

Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler

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. more

You May Also Like

“The striving for significance, this sense of yearning, always points out to us that all psychological phenomena contain a movement that starts from a feeling of inferiority and reach upward. The theory of Individual Psychology of psychological compensation states that the stronger the feeling of inferiority, the higher the goal for personal power.”

StatesFeelingsIndividualGoalPsychologyMovementTheoryHigherStrongerStrivePsychologicalSignificanceYearningCompensationInferiorityPersonal Power
Author:Alfred Adler
Create image

“The playing field of life is not level, and for you to compete in the game of life, you need an equalizer of some kind. In the old West, the equalizer was the six-shooter. It enabled a little guy to chop a bigger man down to size. Desire is also an equalizer--and nowadays is highly encouraged over a six-shooter!”

MenNeedsKindLittlesLife IsDesireGuyGamesLevelsFieldsSixBiggerWestSizePlaying FieldsShooterEqualizerOld West
Book:Born to Win: Find Your Success Code
Create image

“One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards.”

DreamDifferencesEffortGreaterTalentFieldsProduceCommitmentRewardsPursuePersistenceConsistentEndeavorEnthusiasticOver The TopPatience And Persistence
Book:Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance
Create image

“The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.”

WellsMayBigsEarthHappinessWaterWorryRichDoubtTroubleRegretGardenAnd LoveDisappointmentSeedsHolesContentmentHarvestRecipesGatheringDisillusionCourage StrengthPatience And LoveFruitfulnessDoubt And FearHope Courage
Book:Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World: Daily Hope for the Daily Grind
Create image

“I get lots of ideas when the lights go out at night and it gets very quiet. Sometimes they come when I first lie down to sleep; other times I wake up with an idea racing through my mind. But regardless of when an idea comes, I have made it a habit to get out of bed and write the idea down before it disappears into my dreams. You should do the same.”

ShouldWritingMindFirstsMadeIdeasSometimesDreamLightLyingNightSleepHabitBedQuietWake UpDisappearMade ItRacing
Book:Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life's Terms
Create image