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Alfred Adler

~ 1870 - 1937

Alfred Adler (1870–1937) was an Austrian psychiatrist and founder of the school of individual psychology. He is best known for his theories on the inferiority complex and the importance of social factors in shaping personality and behavior. Adler also introduced the concept of the "inferiority complex" and emphasized the significance of striving for personal success and societal connectedness.

  1. The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.

    Alfred Adler
    #education#empowerment#belief

  2. Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.

    Alfred Adler
    #freedom#responsibility#resistance

  3. God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is the most brilliant manifestation of the goal of perfection.

    Alfred Adler
    #god#perfection#destiny

  4. The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

    Alfred Adler
    #danger#caution#life

  5. No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so called trauma but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.

    Alfred Adler
    #experience#success#perception

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

    Alfred Adler
    #trust#self#relationships