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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

We may define therapy as a search for value.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We may define therapy as a search for value.

We may define therapy as a search for value.