Happiness is the feeling of contribution. That is happiness.

When one is incapable of taking action on one’s own, it is only natural to pass the blame to others.

All problems concerning interpersonal relationships stem from a person’s relations with oneself.

The life tasks that everyone must bear alone are embodied in concerns about oneself and relationships with others.

A person’s life does not improve because they have no problems, but because they challenge and overcome them.

Suffocating feelings of inferiority have a single cause: one’s mistaken lifestyle of seeking recognition from others.

People are not dominated by the past, but the present dictates the past.

Everyone has the freedom to choose to be happy.

An inferiority complex is nothing more than a sense of inferiority taken to extremes.

Real freedom is the ability to have self-belief, not be swayed by other people’s expectations, and stay true to one’s own principles.

The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness