Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs.
Abraham MaslowWhereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing individuals have "superior awareness of their own impulses, desires, opinions, and subjective reactions in general."
Abraham MaslowOnly the flexibly creative person can really manage the future, Only the one who can face novelty with confidence and without fear.
Abraham MaslowThe peaker learns surely and certainly that life can be worthwhile, that it can be beautiful and valuable. There are ends in life, i.e., experiences which are so precious in themselves as to prove that not everything is a means to some end other than itself.
Abraham Maslow