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Quotations by Alfred Adler
Alfred AdlerA terrible weapon of aggression - The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.

To possess a feeling of inferiority - To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest . . .The greater the Feeling or Inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.

Spurred on by longing for superiority - Whether a person desires to be an artist, the first in his profession, or a tyrant m his home, to hold converse with God or humiliate other people; whether he regards his suffering as the most important thing in the world to which everyone must show obeisance, whether he is chasing after unattainable ideals or old deities, over stepping all limits and norms, at every part of his way he is guided and spurred on by his longing for superiority, the thought of his godlikeness, the belief in his special magical power.

The glory of male domination - All our institutions, our traditional attitudes, our laws, our morals, our customs, give evidence of the fact that they are determined and maintained by privileged males for the glory of male domination. These institutions reach out into the very nurseries and have a great influence upon the child's soul.

Pessimists have an Inferiority Complex - Pessimists are the individuals who have acquired an “Inferiority complex” as a result of the experiences and impressions of their childhood, for whom all manner of difficulties have vouchsafed the feeling that life is not easy. They always look for the dark side of life as a result of their pessimistic personal philosophy, which has been nourished by false treatment in their childhood. If they are children, they persistency call to their mothers, or cry for them as soon as separated. This cry for their mothers can sometimes be heard even in their old age.