To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
ABRAHAM MASLOWA musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
More Abraham Maslow Quotes
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In a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, an poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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Most people experience both tragedy and joy in varying proportions. Any philosophy which leaves out either cannot be considered to be comprehensive.
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Every person is, in part, his own project and makes himself.
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One’s only rival is one’s own potentialities. One’s only failure is failing to live up to one’s own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
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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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Seeing is better than being blind, even when seeing hurts.
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What one can be, one must be!
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Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.
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I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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Be independent of the good opinion of other people.
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Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.
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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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Obviously the most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do.
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Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.
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