Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.

Quote by Abraham Maslow

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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...

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.

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

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

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...

To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like...

To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like...

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.

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...

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...

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 may define therapy as a search for value.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

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...

If you love the truth, you'll trust it - that is, you will expect it...

If you love the truth, you'll trust it - that is, you will expect it...

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).

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem...

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem...

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...

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.

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...