Alfred Adler Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.”

“War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.”

“The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction.”

“We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion the child has drawn.”

“There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.”

“Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.”

“Man knows much more than he understands.”

“The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.”

“It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”

“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.”