“The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.”
Abraham Maslow“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”
Abraham Maslow“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
Abraham Maslow“Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.”
Abraham Maslow“Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.”
Abraham Maslow“Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.”
Abraham Maslow“We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.”
Abraham Maslow“The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.”
Abraham Maslow“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”
Abraham Maslow“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”
Abraham Maslow“The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.”
Abraham Maslow