Abraham Maslow
Hierarchy of needs, self-actualization
Most quoted
"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 full psychological height."
— from Motivation and Personality, 1954
"Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include truth, creativity, beauty, goodness, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, justice, simplicity, and self-sufficiency."
— from Motivation and Personality, 1954
"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."
— from Eupsychian Management
All quotes by Abraham Maslow (211)
The more we are able to contribute to the well-being of others, the more we are able to experience a sense of purpose.
The more we are able to live in accordance with our values, the more we are able to live an authentic life.
The more we are able to embrace uncertainty, the more we are able to grow and evolve.
The more we are able to learn from our mistakes, the more we are able to achieve our goals.
The more we are able to forgive ourselves and others, the more we are able to experience peace.
The more we are able to appreciate the beauty of the world, the more we are able to experience joy.
The more we are able to connect with our inner wisdom, the more we are able to make sound decisions.
The more we are able to overcome our fears, the more we are able to live a courageous life.
The more we are able to embrace our uniqueness, the more we are able to live an authentic life.
The more we are able to live with purpose, the more we are able to live a meaningful life.
What a man can be, he must be. This need we may call self-actualization.
It is as if Freud supplied us the sick half of psychology and we must now fill out the healthy half.
The most beautiful of all human experiences is the peak experience.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
We are not in a position to understand the higher needs until the lower needs have been satisfied.
Self-actualizing people are, without exception, involved in some cause outside their own skin.
The fact is that people are good, if only they are given the chance.
Growth is a series of choices between safety and danger, then between regression and progression.
We must teach people to be human, to be good, to be kind, to be loving, to be creative, to be courageous, to be responsible, to be self-actualizing.
The good society is one in which virtue pays.
Contemporaries of Abraham Maslow
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of Abraham Maslow (1908–1970).