Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Abraham Maslow Psychologist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Apr 1, 1908
  • Died: Jun 8, 1970

Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. Maslow was a psychology professor at Brandeis University, Brooklyn College, New School for Social Research and Columbia University. He stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, as opposed to treating them as a "bag of symptoms."

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

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

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

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

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. truth

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

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

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

28 wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other sayings from Dave Barry

27 other sayings from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 more wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill