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.
The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder with the truth.
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
in Phyllis Bottome, Alfred Adler: A Biography, ch. 5 (1939)
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