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

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

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

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, an poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. This weed we call self-actualization….It refers to man’s desire for self-fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become actually in what he is potentially: to become everything one is capable of becoming.

I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.

When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.