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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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...

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...

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 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.

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

We may define therapy as a search for value.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest...

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest...

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...

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.

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.