When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.

Self-actualizing people must be what they can be.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family.

A stupid man behaves stupidly, not because he wants to, or tries to, or is motivated to, but simply because he is what he is.

One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.

Since my mother is the type that's called schizophrenogenic in the literature-she's the one who makes crazy people, crazy children-I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.