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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 other wisdom & wit from Robert Browning

22 other wisdom & wit from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 other wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

53 other wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher