#inferior

The girl's life had been squandered in the streets, and among the most noisome of the stews and dens of London, but there was something of the woman's original nature left in her still; and when she heard a light step approaching the door opposite to that by which she had entered, and thought of the wide contrast which the small room would in another moment contain, she felt burdened with the sense of her own deep shame: and shrunk as though she could scarcely bear the presence of her with whom she had sought this interview. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#inferiority #shame #women #life

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around. ↗

— Criss Jami

#creative #different #difficulties #distinction #envy

Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#believer #down #even #eyes #god

The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#been #conquest #emotional #experienced #feeling

To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#been #being #conquest #constantly #emotional

Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#expression #feeling #inferiority #sensitiveness

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#inferiority #interpret #must #sign #temper

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#encourage #his #inferiority #pretend

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#consider #deserving #families #female #first

Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#enjoy #friends #inferiority #most #people