Occupation: Psychotherapist Birth: February 7, 1870 Death: May 28, 1937
It is very obvious that we are not influenced by "facts" but by our interpretation of the facts..
We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular experiences as the basi….
You can be healed of depression if every day you begin the first thing in the morning to consider how you will bring a real joy to someone else..
Life is just the same as learning to swim. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted..
Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself..
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well..
To be human means to feel inferior..
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the….
The goal of the human soul is conquest, perfection, security, superiority..
Every pampered child becomes a hated child.... There is no greater evil than the pampering of children..
Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations..
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement..
Courage is not an ability one either possess or lacks. Courage is the willingness to engage in a risk-taking behavior regardless of whether the conse….
An educator's most important task, one might say his holy duty, is to see to it that no child is discouraged at school, and that a child who enters s….
There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow..
A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you mus….
What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take ….
Follow your heart always, and remember to take your head along with you..
It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It….
The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful..