Abraham Maslow

"The human being needs a framework of values, a philosophy of life, a religion or religion-surrogate to live by."

"Self-actualization is not a destination; it is an ongoing process of growth and becoming."

"Art is the most effective tool for self-expression and self-actualization."

"The person who is fully developed in mind and emotion is the whole person."

"Education should be a way to learn about yourself and others, not just a repository of facts."

"Beauty is not objective; it is the perception of harmony and wholeness."

"To the extent that people are open to experience, they are moving toward a richer and more authentic life."

"The person who is capable of being a friend to himself is capable of being a friend to others."

"Psychological health is an ongoing process, not a state of being."

"We cannot choose good energy. We must be willing to feel all feelings, even the difficult ones."

"The capacity to be alone is a prerequisite for the capacity to love."

"Growth takes place when there is real choice, when necessity is removed."

"The fully human person is motivated by love, not by fear or by the desire to control others."

"When we stop trying to be everything to everyone, we can be everything to someone."

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"The ability to look at the world with wonder and awe is a sign of psychological health."

"Human beings have needs, a hierarchy of needs, and higher needs are only activated after lower needs are satisfied."

"The great lesson from the true mystics is that the sacred is in the ordinary."

"Secrecy, censorship, hiding things, is a kind of death."

"The need for self-actualization is the highest human need."

"If I were a horse, I'd rather be a spirited horse who bucks and kicks than a well-behaved horse who obeys without question."

"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality."

"The person who is fully functioning lives fully in each moment, not constantly looking backward or forward."

"Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to do it for you; you must do it yourself."

"The ability to contradict oneself is not a sign of weakness but of strength."

"Real creativity involves real risk and the possibility of real failure."

"The healthy society develops people who will ultimately transcend the society itself."

"My role is to be a mirror and a facilitator of the growth that is already within people."

"Patience with others is love; impatience is aggression disguised as virtue."

"The greatest creativity often comes from the intersection of different fields and disciplines."