The fact is that people are good, if only their fundamental wishes are satisfied, their wish for affection and security. Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

Quote by Abraham Maslow

Topics: Affection Quotes, Humanity Quotes, Wishes Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Man is ultimately not molded or shaped into humanness. The environment does not give him...

Man is ultimately not molded or shaped into humanness. The environment does not give him...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...