"Human nature has been sold short...[humans have] a……" — 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 fair and just, for doing what is worthwhile and for preferring to do it well."
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135 Quotes by Abraham Maslow
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Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
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Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.
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Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment.
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There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There…
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Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth.
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What kind of guilt comes from being true to yourself but not to others?. As we have seen, being true…
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The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and…
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One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.
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Self-actualizing people must be what they can be.
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As one studies these preconditions, one becomes saddened by the ease with which human potentiality can be destroyed or repressed,…
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One cannot choose wisely for a life unless he dares to listen to himself, his own self, at each moment…
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[Concerning] the usual contempt with which an orthodox analytic group treats all outsiders and strangers ... I urge you to…
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