If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later.

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.

One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.

The demands of the science, of the ethics and of the reason are superior to the demands of the people!

All our tastes are but reminiscences.

You don't smear somebody as a racist when there is obviously nothing there.

Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great.

When one's function is to teach the loftiest wisdom, it is difficult to resist the temptation to believe that until you have spoken, nothing has been said.

Because she is afraid of not being supported, she unknowingly pushes away the support she needs.

Whenever we say a person's name, notice whether we have stated more than a fact. For example, the judgment, 'She's thoughtless' goes beyond the facts 'She said she'd call me and she didn't.

My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

Is Hopper celebrating with you?” “Hopper? Why would—” My mouth snapped shut for a few moments. “Oh. I, uh, kind of forgot about him.