Quotes from Rudolf Dreikurs

We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it.

We can change our whole life and the attitude of people around us simply by changing ourselves.

The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.

A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

As soon as someone drivers their attention from any team to ask, "How am I doing?" he takes his concern and energy from the task and shifts them to the question of his own adequacy or deficiency. The best motivation for doing a job well is the satisfaction of doing it.

A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious union.

The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.

Man does not see reality as it is, but only as he perceives it, and his perception may be mistaken or biased.

Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.