A human being knows far more than he understands.
Der Mensch weiß viel mehr, als er versteht.

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Alfred Adler
Austrian psychiatrist (1870-1937), founder of Individual Psychology. An early Wednesday Society member who broke from Freud in 1911 to build a system around inferiority, social interest, teleology and lifestyle.
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