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 A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting. Abraham Maslow creativity creative food The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by and understand by, in about the same sense that he needs sunlight, calcium or love. Abraham Maslow sunlight philosophy needs It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be. Abraham Maslow psychological-health creativity self Be independent of the good opinion of other people. Abraham Maslow independent opinion people The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or unfamiliar dangers will ever appear. Abraham Maslow insecurity safety order The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as before something great. Abraham Maslow emotional humility special But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. Abraham Maslow defense communication way We may define therapy as a search for value. Abraham Maslow therapy peak-experiences may Well why not a technology of joy, of happiness? Abraham Maslow why-not technology joy We cannot study creativeness in an ultimate sense until we realize that practically all the definitions that we have been using of creativeness are essentially male or masculine definitions of male or masculine products. We've left out of consideration almost entirely the creativeness of women. Abraham Maslow males definitions study Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild character disturbances. Abraham Maslow safety character people One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. Abraham Maslow failure kings men The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of his perceptions. He feels more like a prime-mover, more self-determined (rather than caused, determined, helpless, dependent, passive, weak, bossed). He feels himself to be his own boss, fully responsible, fully volitional, with more "free-will" than at other times, master of his fate, an agent. Abraham Maslow creating fate agency False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness. Abraham Maslow hopelessness optimism mean The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may be a flight from confronting the scared--this lesson can be easily lost. To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous. Abraham Maslow family-and-friends miracle ignorance 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 Maslow saint hero wise In the ideal college, intrinsic education would be available to anyone who wanted it...The college would be life-long, for learning can take place all through life. Abraham Maslow college education long Man is a perpetually wanting animal. Abraham Maslow economics animal men Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs. Abraham Maslow block communication needs The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism. Abraham Maslow cynicism motivation men
