251 Quotes by Abraham Maslow

The key question isn't, 'What fosters creativity?' But it is, 'Why isn't everyone

The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to

Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction.

I may say that B-love, in a profound but testable sense, creates the partner. It gives him a self-image, it gives him self- acceptance, a feeling of love-worthiness, all of which permit him to grow. It is a real question whether the full development of the human being is possible without it.

It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.

The key question isn’t, ‘What fosters creativity?’ But it is, ‘Why isn’t everyone creative?’

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige.

We do what we are and we are what we do...

A van backed through my windscreen into my wife’s face.