What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualizat ion.

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

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

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.

Expression and communication in the peak–experiences tend often to become poetic, mythical, and rhapsodic, as if this were the natural kind of language to express such states of being.

To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.

The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism.