We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.

Quote by Abraham Maslow

Topics: Talent Quotes

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.

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 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.

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 both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will...

If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

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'....

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...

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...

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...

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

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