Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.
Alfred AdlerViolence as a way of gaining power... is being camouflaged under the guise of tradition, national honor [and] national security.
Alfred AdlerThe truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.
Alfred AdlerWe are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular experiences as the basis for our future life, we are almost certain to be misguided to some degree. Meanings are not determined by situations. We determine ourselves by the meanings we ascribe to situations.
Alfred Adler