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

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.

One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own 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.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing