What one can be, one must be!
ABRAHAM MASLOWSelf-actualized people…live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.
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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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Every person is, in part, his own project and makes himself.
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The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy.
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Self-actualized people…live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.
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We crave and fear becoming truly ourselves.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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The needs for safety, belonging, love relations and for respect can be satisfied only by other people, i.e. only from outside the person.
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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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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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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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Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy, however stable these experiences may have become to others.
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Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.
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To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
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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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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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