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.
ABRAHAM MASLOWDon’t worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.
More Abraham Maslow Quotes
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The great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s backyard.
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The definition of the good society is one in which virtue pays.
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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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Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth.
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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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It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.
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We crave and fear becoming truly ourselves.
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What one can be, one must be!
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What is life for? Life is for you.
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People are not evil; they are schlemiels.
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We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.
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False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.
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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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In a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.
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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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