black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Abraham Maslow

Every person is, in part, his own project and makes himself.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Himself Person Project
What is life for? Life is for you.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Healing Life One Liner
People are not evil; they are schlemiels.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Evil One Liner People
False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Anger Hopeless Optimism
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 MASLOW

Family Friendship Lesson Life Neighbor Ordinary Sacred
What 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 MASLOW

Choice Control Ignorance Impossible Power Subject
We may define therapy as a search for value.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Search Therapy Value
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.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Failure King Live Man Potential Rival Treat
If 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 MASLOW

Give Up Inspirational Mile Ocean Plane
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.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Beautiful Fate Fortune Human Being Inspirational Love Passionate Wonderful
When 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 MASLOW

Appearance Decent Human Love Pain Security Self Esteem Stress
The needs for safety, belonging, love relations and for respect can be satisfied only by other people, i.e. only from outside the person.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Belong Love Need Outside People Person Relationship Respect Safety Satisfaction
The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Consideration Happiness Important People Work
Seeing is better than being blind, even when seeing hurts.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Blind Deep Hurt See
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Choice Failure Growth Inspirational Moments Option Safety Success
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
ABRAHAM MASLOW

Encounter Hammer Man Nail

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Abraham Maslow Quotes