Abraham Maslow

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible"

"The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do"

"Peak experiences are windows into a higher human consciousness"

"Truth is unassailable. Lies are the reverse"

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

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel them vibrate in response to every pulsation of theirs."

"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."

"The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life."

"The biggest threat to our survival is not what the external world might do to us, but what we might do to ourselves."

"Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves."

"Self-actualization is not a destination; it is a continuous journey of becoming."

"All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse toward growth, or self-actualization."

"The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free."

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

"Peak experiences are moments when we feel most alive, most ourselves, most creative."

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again."

"True learning takes place when the competitive spirit has ceased."

"If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life."

"The moment a person forms a theory, his eyes become blind to facts that don't fit into the theory."

"To be creative means to be in love with life."

"I have learned that one can return to the psychological womb, to safety, to preciousness, to dependency on primitive man, but that this involves a kind of regression."

"The person in peak-experience is functioning at his highest and best."

"What a man can be, he must be."

"The capacity to be puzzled is the birth of philosophy."

"My feeling is that the concept of creativeness and the concept of healthy, self-actualizing, fully human persons are very closely interrelated."

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

"We are responsible for our own lives."

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

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

"The science of psychology has been far too person-centered, far too individualistic."