142 Quotes by Alfred Adler

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.

The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and unfulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity.

The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.

It is well known that those who do not trust themselves never trust others.

Violence as a way of gaining power... is being camouflaged under the guise of tradition, national honor [and] national security...

Everything can always be different!

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.

We only regard those unions as real examples of love and real marriages in which a fixed and unalterable decision has been taken. If men or women contemplate an escape, they do not collect all their powers for the task. In none of the serious and important tasks of life do we arrange such a "getaway." We cannot love and be limited.

What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions.