What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

—Abraham Maslow

accomplishment being becoming self-actualization

About Abraham Maslow

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Abraham Harold Maslow ( MAZ-loh; April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) was an American psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.

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There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers . . . even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.

—Abraham Maslow

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

—Abraham Maslow

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

—Abraham Maslow

perception tools

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I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.

—Lionel Shriver in We Need to Talk About Kevin

hope becoming mortified

You remember your first love because they show you, prove to you, that you can love and be loved, that nothing in this world is deserved except for love, that love is both how you become a person, and why.

—John Green in Turtles All the Way Down

love memory becoming

…you are meant to grow into a true human being. Right now you are to a human being what an acorn is to an oak tree. A good start, that's all. You've got a long way to go, baby, and you're not going to grow into your full potential sitting in front of the laptop, bag of Cool Ranch Doritos in one hand, dick in the other, anime porn boring a hole in your corneas and consciousness. Just a thought.

—Shozan Jack Haubner in Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk

becoming growth transformation

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.

becoming ephemerality earth

Failure is when you talk yourself out of becoming something amazing.

—Rudy Francisco

wonder amazing becoming failure

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