“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

Source: What Life Could Mean to You

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Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist… 1870–1937

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