It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
Abraham MaslowIt is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.
Abraham MaslowIt seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.
Abraham MaslowPeople with intelligence must use their intelligence, people with eyes must use their eyes, people with the capacity to love have the impulse to love and the need to love in order to feel healthy. Capacities clamor to be used, and cease their clamor only when they are used sufficiently. That is to say, capacities are needs, and therefore are intrinsic values as well.
Abraham Maslow