Author: Abraham Maslow

Quotes

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

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

Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.

Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.

- 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.

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

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your 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 Maslow

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

- Abraham Maslow

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

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 story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

- Abraham Maslow

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

- Abraham Maslow

Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.

Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.

- Abraham Maslow

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