"It is too simple to say 'man is……" — Abraham Maslow
"It is too simple to say 'man is basically good' or 'man is basically evil'. The correct way would be to say 'man can become good (probably) and better and better, under a hierarchy of better and better conditions, but also it is very easy, even easie"
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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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