Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. With the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of c

Quote by Abraham Maslow

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Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could...

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could...

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...

A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.

A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.

It is too simple to say 'man is basically good' or 'man is basically evil'....

It is too simple to say 'man is basically good' or 'man is basically evil'....

Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able...

Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able...

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could...

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could...

During all my first twenty years, I was depressed, terribly unhappy, lonely, isolated (and self-rejecting).

During all my first twenty years, I was depressed, terribly unhappy, lonely, isolated (and self-rejecting).

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...

The fact is that people are good, if only their fundamental wishes are satisfied, their...

The fact is that people are good, if only their fundamental wishes are satisfied, their...

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will...

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will...

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

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

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...

It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything...

It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything...

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

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

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically...

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically...

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

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.

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

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