We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of great courage. We enjoy and even thrill to godlike possibilities we see in ourselves in such peak moments. And yet we simultaneously shiver with weakness, awe, and fear before these very same possibilities.

We can consider the process of healthy growth to be a never ending series of free choice situations, confronting each individual at every point throughout his life, in which he must choose between the delights of safety and growth, dependence and independence, regression and progression, immaturity and maturity.

What does 'happy' mean? Happiness is not a state like Vermont.

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.

Self-actualizing people must be what they can be.

We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.