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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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...

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 plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will...

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will...

We may define therapy as a search for value.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

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...

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the...

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I...

If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I...

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...

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...

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us,...

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us,...

The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of...

The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of...

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.