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.
ABRAHAM MASLOWWhen people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.
More Abraham Maslow Quotes
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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In a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.
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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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Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth.
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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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In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
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What one can be, one must be!
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
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The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.
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Don’t worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.
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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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The definition of the good society is one in which virtue pays.
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Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.
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If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life. You will be evading your own capacities, your own possibilities.
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