Frases de Alfred Adler

„Es más fácil combatir por un principio que practicarlo.“

—  Alfred Adler

Fuente: Sarmiento, J. M. Mil y una frases célebres. Editorial Planet House Editorials, 2016.

„Una mentira no tendría sentido si la verdad no fuera percibida como peligrosa.“

—  Alfred Adler

Fuente: Del Paso, Ana. Reporteras españolas, testigos de guerra.: De las pioneras a las actuales. Editorial Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España, 2018. ISBN 9788499928579. https://books.google.es/books?id=D4ZZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT175&dq=Una+mentira+no+tendr%C3%ADa+sentido+si+la+verdad+no+fuera+percibida+como+peligrosa&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivr7Lc3LvgAhXkx4UKHdDNA9MQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Una%20mentira%20no%20tendr%C3%ADa%20sentido%20si%20la%20verdad%20no%20fuera%20percibida%20como%20peligrosa&f=false En Google Books.
Fuente: Contemporary Theories and Systems in Psychology (1960).

„Todo querer, es querer compensar algo.“

—  Alfred Adler

Fuente: Amate Pou, Jordi. Paseando por una parte de la Historia: Antología de citas. Editorial Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España, 2017. ISBN 9788417321871. https://books.google.es/books?id=MHJNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP13&dq=Todo+querer,+es+querer+compensar+algo&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq4tH427vgAhWKzoUKHRi7ALYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Todo%20querer%2C%20es%20querer%20compensar%20algo&f=false En Google Books.

„Es el individuo que no está interesado en sus semejantes quien tiene las mayores dificultades en la vida y causa el mayor daño a los demás. Es de entre tales individuos que brotan todos los fracasos humanos.“

—  Alfred Adler

En inglés: «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 is from among such individuals that all human failures spring».
Fuente: Carnegie, Dale. How To Win Friends And Influence People. Editor Arthur R. Pell. Edición reeditada, revisada. Editorial Simon and Schuster, 1982. ISBN 9780671723651, p. 55. https://books.google.es/books?id=0KYWs7EdKYMC&pg=PA55&dq=It+is+the+individual+who+is+not+interested+in+his+fellow++spring&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNp92Y4bvgAhVI1uAKHQKvCZkQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=It%20is%20the%20individual%20who%20is%20not%20interested%20in%20his%20fellow%20men%20who%20has%20the%20greatest%20difficulties%20in%20life%20and%20provides%20the%20greatest%20injury%20to%20others.%20It%20is%20from%20among%20such%20individuals%20that%20all%20human%20failures%20spring&f=false En Google Books.

„Y mi favorito personal: Las únicas personas normales son aquellas que no conoces muy bien.“

—  Alfred Adler

En inglés: «And my personal favourite: The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well».
Fuente: Gehart, Diane R. Theory and Treatment Planning in Counseling and Psychotherapy. 2ª Edición. Editorial Cengage Learning, 2015. ISBN 9781305533875, p. 95. https://books.google.es/books?id=xqCKBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&dq=The+chief+danger+in+life+is+that+you+may+take+too+many+precautions.+Alfred+Adler&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjw7qyy37vgAhUEuRoKHbTWA0UQ6AEIMjAB#v=onepage&q=The%20chief%20danger%20in%20life%20is%20that%20you%20may%20take%20too%20many%20precautions.%20Alfred%20Adler&f=false En Google Books.

„El principal peligro en la vida es que puedas tomar demasiadas precauciones.“

—  Alfred Adler

En inglés: «The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions».
Fuente: Gehart, Diane R. Theory and Treatment Planning in Counseling and Psychotherapy. 2ª Edición. Editorial Cengage Learning, 2015. ISBN 9781305533875, p. 95. https://books.google.es/books?id=xqCKBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&dq=The+chief+danger+in+life+is+that+you+may+take+too+many+precautions.+Alfred+Adler&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjw7qyy37vgAhUEuRoKHbTWA0UQ6AEIMjAB#v=onepage&q=The%20chief%20danger%20in%20life%20is%20that%20you%20may%20take%20too%20many%20precautions.%20Alfred%20Adler&f=false En Google Books.

„Confía sólo en el movimiento. La vida pasa a nivel de acontecimientos, no de palabras. Confía en el movimiento.“

—  Alfred Adler

En inglés: «Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement».
Fuente: Dallas, Jr., John R. We Need to Have a Word: Words of Wisdom, Courage and Patience for Work, Home and Everywhere. Editorial Lulu.com, 2014. ISBN 9781105305207, p. 388. https://books.google.es/books?id=8JCiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA388&dq=Trust+only+movement.+Life+happens+at+the+level+of+events,+not+of+words.+Trust+movement.+Alfred+Adler&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2pNeE3rvgAhUiyoUKHXqGCMEQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=Trust%20only%20movement.%20Life%20happens%20at%20the%20level%20of%20events%2C%20not%20of%20words.%20Trust%20movement.%20Alfred%20Adler&f=false En Google Books.

„El hombre sabe mucho más de lo que él entiende.“

—  Alfred Adler

Fuente: Cita escrita en una cartilla de Psicología de Adler: La psicología analítica-conductual-cognitiva de Alfred Adler (1999) de Harold H. Mosak y Michael P. Maniacci.

„The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.“

—  Alfred Adler

„Follow your heart but take your brain with you.“

—  Alfred Adler

„Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.“

—  Alfred Adler

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

—  Alfred Adler

Quoted in: Phyllis Bottome, Alfred Adler: Apostle of Freedom (1939), ch. 5
Problems of Neurosis: A Book of Case Histories (1929)

„A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.“

—  Alfred Adler

„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 is fro+m among such individuals that all human failures spring.“

—  Alfred Adler

Fuente: What Life Could Mean to You

„seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.“

—  Alfred Adler

„The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.“

—  Alfred Adler

„He used to say to his melancholia patients:
"You can be cured in fourteen days if you follow this prescription. Try to think every day how you can please someone.“

—  Alfred Adler

„Man knows much more than he understands.“

—  Alfred Adler

As quoted in A Primer of Adlerian Psychology: The Analytic-Behavioural-Cognitive Psychology of Alfred Adler (1999) by Harold H. Mosak and Michael P. Maniacci

„Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.“

—  Alfred Adler

What Life Should Mean to You (1937), p. 14