Abraham Maslow

In order for us to become truly happy, that which we can become, we must become.

— Abraham Maslow

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of…

— Abraham Maslow

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

— Abraham Maslow

What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together.…

— Abraham Maslow

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a…

— Abraham Maslow

Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more…

— Abraham Maslow

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with…

— Abraham Maslow

The fact is that people are good, if only their fundamental wishes are satisfied, their wish for affection and security. Give people…

— Abraham Maslow

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence…

— Abraham Maslow

No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by…

— Abraham Maslow

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as…

— Abraham Maslow

...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in…

— Abraham Maslow

The growing tip is a small proportion of mankind. They will carry on. As a matter of fact, that is what is…

— Abraham Maslow

The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no…

— Abraham Maslow

(Some people) have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure,…

— Abraham Maslow

The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have…

— Abraham Maslow

Human nature has been sold short...[humans have] a higher nature which...includes the need for meaningful work, for responsibility, for creativeness, for being…

— Abraham Maslow

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their…

— Abraham Maslow

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd…

— Abraham Maslow

Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment.

— Abraham Maslow

I'm someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes…

— Abraham Maslow

I think of the self-actualizing man not as an ordinary man with something added, but rather as the ordinary man with nothing…

— Abraham Maslow

Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able to see this on the surface. Infants…

— Abraham Maslow

The job is, if we are willing to take it seriously, to help ourselves to be more perfectly what we are, to…

— Abraham Maslow

What kind of guilt comes from being true to yourself but not to others?. As we have seen, being true to yourself…

— Abraham Maslow

With my childhood, it's a wonder I'm not psychotic. I was the little Jewish boy in the non-Jewish neighborhood. It was a…

— Abraham Maslow

A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world. For instance, injustice, unfairness…

— Abraham Maslow

The best way to view a present problem is to give it all you've got, to study it and its nature, to…

— Abraham Maslow

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is…

— Abraham Maslow

The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing…

— Abraham Maslow

Expression and communication in the peak–experiences tend often to become poetic, mythical, and rhapsodic, as if this were the natural kind of…

— Abraham Maslow

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or…

— Abraham Maslow

I have come to think of this humanist trend in psychology as a revolution in the truest, oldest sense of the word;…

— Abraham Maslow

The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice,…

— Abraham Maslow

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid…

— Abraham Maslow

It is too simple to say 'man is basically good' or 'man is basically evil'. The correct way would be to say…

— Abraham Maslow

Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of…

— Abraham Maslow

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals in the lab, your wife will scratch…

— Abraham Maslow

Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild…

— Abraham Maslow

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost…

— Abraham Maslow