Abraham Maslow Short Quotes

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Laugh at what you hold sacred, and still hold it sacred.

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Every person is, in part, 'his own project' and makes himself.

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A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.

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Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.

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One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.

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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

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You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.

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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

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I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It's us!

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Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.

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It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.

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The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism.

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The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important.

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Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.

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Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.

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If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

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It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.

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We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.

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A stupid man behaves stupidly, not because he wants to, or tries to, or is motivated to, but simply because he is what he is.

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The loss of illusions and the discovery of identity, though painful at first, can be ultimately exhilarating and strengthening.

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One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

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The good or healthy society would then be defined as one that permitted people's highest purposes to emerge by satisfying all their basic needs.

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The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.

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Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled?...a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate?

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What we call 'normal' in psychology is really a psychopathology of the average, so undramatic and so widely spread that we don't even notice it ordinarily.

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I do not recall seeing in the literature with which I am familiar any paper that criticized another paper for being unimportant, trivial or inconsequential.

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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.

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Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild character disturbances.

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The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as before something great.

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Life could be vastly improved if we could count our blessings as self-actualizing people can and do, and if we could retain their constant sense of good fortune and gratitude for it.

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