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Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
Ophthalmologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Vienna
Austria
Determination
Determine
Determined
Situation
Give
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Meanings
Situations

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seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.
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