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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.

Abraham Maslow

False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.
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Anger Hopeless Optimism
We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle that anybody created anything.
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Abandonment Amaze Creative Face Miracle
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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Artist Himself Music Paint Peace Poet Ultimate Writing
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
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Encounter Hammer Man Nail
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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Choose Fear Growth Overcome Safety
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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Family Friendship Lesson Life Neighbor Ordinary Sacred
In a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.
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Conflict Growth Improvement Pain
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
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Artist Man Music Paint Peace Ultimate Writing
It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
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Achievement Desire Difficult Psychology Rare Want
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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Comprehensive Experience Leave Philosophy Proportion Tragedy
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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Beautiful Fate Fortune Human Being Inspirational Love Passionate Wonderful
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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Capable Life Planning Unhappiness
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
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Choice Failure Growth Inspirational Moments Option Safety Success
Don’t worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.
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Recognization Worry Worth
If 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.
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Core Deny Essential Immediately Person Sick Suppress
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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Characteristic Essence Human Human Nature Life Spiritual

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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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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