We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.
Abraham Maslow
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More quotes by Abraham Maslow
- What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
- But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
- One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
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- The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.