It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.

We must understand love; we must be able to teach it, to create it, to predict it, or else the world is lost to hostility and to suspicion.

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

It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad habit

Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.