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Alfred Adler

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Quotes by Alfred Adler

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Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement
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It is always easier to fight for one's principles that to live up to them.
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Man know much more than he understands.
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Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted
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We learn in friendship to look with the eyes of another person, to listen with her ears, and to feel with her heart.
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A private meaning is in fact no meaning at all. Meaning is only possible in communication: a word which meant something to one person only would really be meaningless. It is the same with our aims and actions; their only meaning is their meaning for others. Every human being strives for significance; but people always make mistakes if they do not see that their whole significance must consist in their contribution to the lives of others. An.
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We are self-determined by the meaning we give to our experiences; and there is probably something of a mistake always involved when we take particular experiences as the basis for our future life. Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. There.
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Tears and complaints – the means which I have called water power – can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.
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The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.
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If I didn’t have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient’s own arrangement, which only he can change.
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