In a word, to perceive an object abstractly means not to perceive some aspects of it. It clearly implies selection of some attributes, rejection of other attributes, creation or distortion of still others. We make of it what we wish. We create it.

The chicken came first - God would look silly sitting on an egg.

Boys will be boys as long as there are no girls in the picture.

The human being is so constructed that he pressed toward fuller and fuller being.

It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.

A person who makes full use of and exploits his talents, potentialities, and capacities. Such a person seems to be fulfilling himself and doing the best he is capable of doing. The self-actualized person must find in his life those qualities that make his living rich and rewarding. He must find meaningfulness, self-sufficiency, effortlessness, playfulness, richness, simplicity, completion, necessity, perfection, individuality, beauty, and truth.

Fear of knowing is very deeply a fear of doing.