Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to 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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 quotes from William Blake

32 quotes from William Blake

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 views from Franz Grillparzer

6 views from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 more sayings from Storm Jameson

2 more sayings from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 more quotes from Victor Hugo

73 more quotes from Victor Hugo