Quote by Abraham H. Maslow
““Every age but ours has had its model, its ideal. All of these have been given up by our culture; the saint, the hero, the gentleman, the knight, the mystic. About all we have left is the well-adjusted man without problems, a very pale and doubtful substitute.””
![“Descriptively, we can see in each person his own (weak) tendencies to grow toward self-actualization; and also descriptively, we can see his various (weak) tendencies toward regressing (out of fear, hostility, or laziness). [...] if a person could himself see all the likely consequences of growth…” quote by Abraham H. Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/922/abraham-h-maslow-40250_free-choice_descriptively-we-can-see-in-each-person_2086675.jpg)
![“The question of desirable grief and pain or the necessity for it must also be faced. [Are] growth and self-fulfillment possible at all without pain and grief and sorrow and turmoil? If grief and pain are sometimes necessary for growth of the person, then we must learn not to protect people from…” quote by Abraham H. Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d26/abraham-h-maslow-40250_death_the-question-of-desirable-grief-and-pain_2170879.jpg)
![“Shortsighted people make [experientialism and social reform] opposites, mutually exclusive. [...] The empirical fact is that self-actualizing people, our best experiencers, are also our most compassionate, our great improvers and reformers of society, our most effective fighters against injustice…” quote by Abraham H. Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b3/abraham-h-maslow-40250_better-person_shortsighted-people-make-experientialism_2553155.jpg)
