"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again."

— Abraham Maslow

"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."

— Abraham Maslow

"If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life."

— Abraham Maslow

"What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization."

— Abraham Maslow

"The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short."

— Abraham Maslow

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

— Abraham Maslow

"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."

— Abraham Maslow

"Self-actualized people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general."

— Abraham Maslow