Abraham Maslow
hammer nail
“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
know want difficult
“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
supernatural god saint sage human good wise
“We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
music artist paint poet write peace
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
person change awareness
“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
back safety forward growth fear again
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
opinion independent other people
“Be independent of the good opinion of other people.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
life process safety risk fear progress growth
“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
capable less unhappy life
“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 H. Maslow (1908-1970)
can be must
“What one can be, one must be!”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
creativity
“The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might not be why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate?
We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle that anybody created anything.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
sacred ordinary daily life
“The great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
growth improvement pain conflict
“In a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
tool hammer problem nail
“If your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
creativeness unconscious regression
“creativeness comes partly out of the unconscious, i.e., is a healthy regression, a temporary turning away from the real world.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
objectivity passion real truth
“Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
seeing blind hurts
“Seeing is better than being blind, even when seeing hurts.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)
paid fortune passionate love work
“Obviously the most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do.”
― Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970)