Quotes by Abraham H. Maslow

Abraham H. Maslow

Abraham H. Maslow

American psychologist

Lived from: 1908 - 1970

Category: Psychologists Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 1 april 1908 Died: 8 june 1970

  • What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
  • We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
  • If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
  • If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
  • The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.
  • The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within - and make the point: This can be done.
  • To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
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  • I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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  • A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
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  • A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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  • All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.
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  • Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.
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  • But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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  • Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.
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  • Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.
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  • Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.
    The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1971)
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  • Een eersteklas soep is creatiever dan een tweederangs schilderij.
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  • Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.
    Motivation and Personality (1954) p. 123
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  • I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.
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  • I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
    Colin Wilson - New Pathways in Psychology
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  • If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
    A History of Psychology: A Global Perspective p. 431
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  • If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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  • If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.
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  • If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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  • Laugh at what you hold sacred, and still hold it sacred.
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  • Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild character disturbances.
    Motivation and Personality (1954)
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  • Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
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What are the most famous quotes from Abraham H. Maslow?

The two most famous quotes from Abraham H. Maslow are:

  • "I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."
  • "A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting."

When did Abraham H. Maslow live?

Abraham H. Maslow was born in 1908 and died in the year 1970.