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 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...

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).

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We may define therapy as a search for value.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

What conditions of work, what kinds of work, what kinds of management, and what kinds...

What conditions of work, what kinds of work, what kinds of management, and what kinds...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a...

A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a...

We may define therapy as a search for value.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the...

When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the...

Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.

Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.

I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television....

I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television....

Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most...

Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most...