There is always this element of concealed accusation in neurosis, the patient feeling as though he were deprived of his right-that is, of the center of attention - and wanting to fix the responsibility and blame upon someone.

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with a personal, egocentric striving for superiority, and is therefore retarded in the development of his social interest, as we find regularly among

I have taken forty years to make my psychology simple. I might say all neurosis is vanity - but this also might not be understood.

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

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

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.