Classical Adlerian Quotes: Alexander Mueller on Creative Power

"The spiritual human being does not see the world, the living beings, and especially humans, as being complete, but as in a state of constant development. He accepts the fact that humans have already been created, but he also realizes the potential for improvement, for transformation. For the spiritual human being, the world and man are not a static, final product, but a task on which he has to participate in a creative way."

"Man is free to realize his possibilities only when, with the help of his intellect and his creative powers, he can turn into a positive force whatever stands in his way, be it physical, psychic, or social."

"It takes courage, and in all cases defiance, to change an originally formulated lifestyle. Very few people practice self-contemplation and correct their behavior. The striving to see the world as it is, is generally weak and only conflicts resulting from mistaken views can force or affect a change. In early childhood, the freedom to form an attitude is restricted. In later years it is possible to overcome that restriction - but by then most refrain from doing so. Therefore, man remains more the object than the subject of his lifestyle. Time and again he will renounce his freedom, his creative powers, in favor of an established way of life."  

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