"Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering."
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Abraham Maslow quotes (page 7 of 8)
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"To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail."
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"In a word, to perceive an object abstractly means not to perceive some aspects of it. It clearly implies selection of some attributes, rejection of other attributes, creation or distortion of still others. We make of it what we wish. We create it."
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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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"The loss of illusions and the discovery of identity, though painful at first, can be ultimately exhilarating and strengthening."
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"Man is a perpetually wanting animal."
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"It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss."
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"What shall we think of a well-adjusted slave?"
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"Self-actualizing people must be what they can be."
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"There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige"
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"Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad habit"
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"There seems no intrinsic reason why everyone shouldn't be (self-actualising). Apparently every baby has possibilities for self-actualisation, but most get it knocked out of them ...I think of the self-actualising man not as an ordinary man with something added, but rather as the ordinary man with nothing taken away."
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"The fact that people who create are good workers tends to be lost."
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"The peaker learns surely and certainly that life can be worthwhile, that it can be beautiful and valuable. There are ends in life, i.e., experiences which are so precious in themselves as to prove that not everything is a means to some end other than itself."
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"To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings."
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"Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment."
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"We are dealing with a fundamental characteristic, inherent in human nature, a potentiality given to all or most human beings at birth, which most often is lost or buried or inhibited as the person gets enculturated."
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"A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world."
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"Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be."
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"The test of a man is: does he bear apples? Does he bear fruit?"
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