Abraham Maslow

"The goal of psychotherapy is to bring about change in a person"

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

"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness"

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

"What is necessary to change a person is to change their awareness"

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth"

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion"

"Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety and risk"

"In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety"

"The happiness of people depends upon the character of their thoughts"

"To love one's self is the beginning of a lifelong romance"

"It is impossible to discuss spiritual issues without being laughed at in the modern world"

"I want to be overwhelmed by beauty"

"Self-actualizing people are, without one single exception, involved in a cause outside their own skin"

"The basic principle of good teaching is that nobody can teach anybody anything"

"Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward"

"The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side"

"True science must begin with myths and the criticism of myths"

"Fears of the unknown are largely fantasies"

"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather an assessment that something else is more important than fear"

"The problem-centered person is usually self-centered without realizing it"

"Capacities clamor to be used, and cease their clamor only when they are used"

"Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real scientist"

"Human beings are motivated by a hierarchy of needs"

"It is often to an employee's advantage to give him a risky job because this helps him grow"

"The only person who behaves sensibly is my tailor because he takes my measurements anew each time we meet"

"Health is a process, not a state of being"

"The person who is self-actualized, who is fulfilling himself, is by definition serving humanity"

"We cannot live only for ourselves"

"It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all"