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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.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Away Despise Dropped Gave Land Miles Nearest Ocean Out Plane Still Swim Thousand Thousand Miles Up Were Who

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The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: About Achieve Aspirations Been Far Health His Illnesses Little Man More Much Negative Positive Psychological Psychology Revealed Science Shortcomings Side Sins Successful Than Us Virtues

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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Every Every Man Failing Failure King Like Live Man Must Only Own Possibilities Rival Sense Therefore Treated Up

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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Human Human Race Men Men And Women Race Selling Short Story Themselves Women

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Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Dislike Doing External Form Grades Means Money Perform Privilege Rewards Sake School Society Status Takes Which Work You

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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.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Also Becoming Changed Children Father Having Having Children Itself Life Marriage Me Revelation School Taught Whole

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We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Aspects Even Fear Godlike Know More Ourselves

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Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Dispassionate Itself Objectivity Passion Real Truth

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If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Back Badly Crippled Down Fight Fighting Flag Flying Fought Go Hesitate Human Justice King Luther Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Out People Rather Recognition Some Speak Then Treat Way Weak Were You

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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.

~Abraham Maslow

Topics: Active Almost Assume Baby Being Certainly Every Evidence Growth Health Human Human Being Impulse Newborn Practically Reasonable Toward Towards Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: April 1st, 1908

Died: June 8th, 1970

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