We fear our highest possibility. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments. Abraham Maslow More Quotes by Abraham Maslow More Quotes From Abraham Maslow We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general. Abraham Maslow human-nature humans remember Only the flexibly creative person can really manage the future, Only the one who can face novelty with confidence and without fear. Abraham Maslow confidence creativity fear If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later. Abraham Maslow essentials sick way The good or healthy society would then be defined as one that permitted people's highest purposes to emerge by satisfying all their basic needs. Abraham Maslow healthy people needs Fear of knowing is very deeply a fear of doing. Abraham Maslow learning knowing teaching Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth. Abraham Maslow birth creativity children Plateau experiencing can be achieved, learned, earned by long hard work.... A transient glimpse is certainly possible in the peak experiences which may, after all, come sometimes to anyone. But, so to speak, to take up residence on the high plateau .... that is another matter altogether. That tends to be a lifelong effort. Abraham Maslow effort hard-work long Life could be vastly improved if we could count our blessings as self-actualizing people can and do, and if we could retain their constant sense of good fortune and gratitude for it. Abraham Maslow gratitude motivation blessing If you love the truth, you'll trust it - that is, you will expect it to be good, beautiful, perfect, orderly, etc., in the long run, not necessarily in the short run. Abraham Maslow running beautiful long The best way to view a present problem is to give it all you've got, to study it and its nature, to perceive within it the intrinsic interrelationships, to discover the answer to the problem within the problem itself. Abraham Maslow views answers giving No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself. Abraham Maslow psychological-health care self-esteem The key question isn't, 'What fosters creativity?' But it is, 'Why isn't everyone Abraham Maslow creativity keys creative Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values. Abraham Maslow motivation self reality Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing Abraham Maslow common-sense generosity honesty If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up. Abraham Maslow life-and-love ocean determination We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of great courage. We enjoy and even thrill to godlike possibilities we see in ourselves in such peak moments. And yet we simultaneously shiver with weakness, awe, and fear before these very same possibilities. Abraham Maslow glimpse weakness perfect One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Abraham Maslow safety growth have-faith 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. Abraham Maslow responsibility meaningful needs People with intelligence must use their intelligence, people with eyes must use their eyes, people with the capacity to love have the impulse to love and the need to love in order to feel healthy. Capacities clamor to be used, and cease their clamor only when they are used sufficiently. That is to say, capacities are needs, and therefore are intrinsic values as well. Abraham Maslow capacity-to-love eye order The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within — and make the point: This can be done. Abraham Maslow meaning-of-life voice done
