“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.”
“The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.”
Alfred Adler
“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
“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
“Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.”
Alfred Adler
“Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.”
Alfred Adler