The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
ABRAHAM MASLOWThe story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
ABRAHAM MASLOWDispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.
ABRAHAM MASLOWI 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.
ABRAHAM MASLOWIt isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
ABRAHAM MASLOWIf I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.
ABRAHAM MASLOWIf the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later.
ABRAHAM MASLOWThe 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.
ABRAHAM MASLOWWe must understand love; we must be able to teach it, to create it, to predict it, or else the world is lost to hostility and to suspicion.
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.
ABRAHAM MASLOWWhat is life for? Life is for you.
ABRAHAM MASLOWThe definition of the good society is one in which virtue pays.
ABRAHAM MASLOWIn a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.
ABRAHAM MASLOWMost people experience both tragedy and joy in varying proportions. Any philosophy which leaves out either cannot be considered to be comprehensive.
ABRAHAM MASLOWThe 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 MASLOWWhat you don’t know has power over you; knowing it brings it under your control, and makes it subject to your choice. Ignorance makes real choice impossible.
ABRAHAM MASLOWOne 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.
ABRAHAM MASLOW