The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character, and are as much personality needs as the 'basic needs' we have already discussed.

Quote by Abraham Maslow

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

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

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like...

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like...

If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will...

If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will...

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.

When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.

I have come to think of this humanist trend in psychology as a revolution in...

I have come to think of this humanist trend in psychology as a revolution in...

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

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

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We...

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We...

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives...

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives...

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

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

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals...

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals...

I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack...

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up...

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up...

He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.

He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.

The growing tip is a small proportion of mankind. They will carry on. As a...

The growing tip is a small proportion of mankind. They will carry on. As a...

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have...

Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have...