One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

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

Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able to see this on the surface. Infants will react in a fashion as if they were endangered, if they are disturbed or dropped suddenly, startled by loud noises, flashing light

If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will emerge love and affection and belongingness needs, and the whole cycle already described will repeat itself with this new centre. Now the person will feel keenl

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

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

We do what we are and we are what we do.