Expression and communication in the peak–experiences tend often to become poetic, mythical, and rhapsodic, as if this were the natural kind of language to express such states of being.

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

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.

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

When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

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

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

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.

The golden door of harvest for the planet, it felt so ready to be opened ...

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.

I think I will be the most dressed [contestant and have] the most modest outfits for sure because that's who I am.

Actually, the animal pictures came about in a funny way.

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's going to drive us into space?

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

Desire is proof of the availability.

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.