Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
Alfred AdlerRead
All failures - neurotics, psychotics, criminals, drunkards, problem children, suicides, perverts, and prostitutes - are failures because they are lacking in social interest
Interpretation
Adler suggests that various societal failures stem from a lack of connection and concern for others.
This quote by Alfred Adler highlights the notion that individuals who struggle with significant issues, such as mental health problems, criminal behavior, or addiction, are often failing to cultivate healthy social interests. Adler emphasizes the importance of community and social relationships in achieving mental well-being, arguing that individuals thrive when they are engaged with and care for others.
In practice
In a discussion about mental health awareness, this quote can highlight the importance of social connections.
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
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The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.
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Though the eye is small, the soul which sees through it is greater and vaster than all the things which it perceives. In fact, it is so great that it includes all objects, however large or numerous, within itself. For it is not so much that you are within the cosmos as that the cosmos is within you.
Let evil wait for the day on which it must fall.
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