Abraham H. Maslow

Quotes

• “To be able to listen -- really, wholly passively, self-effacingly listen -- without presupposing, classifying, improving...”
• “We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect momen...”
• “The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic...”
• “It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to le...”
• “The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on ext...”
• “Obviously the most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for...”
• “If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And...”
• “Perhaps adjustment and stabilization, while good because it cuts your pain, is also bad because development towards a hi...”
• “In a word, growth and improvement can come through pain and conflict.”
• “If your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.”