To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

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.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.

That which is threatening to the ego is liberating to the heart.

Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.

To me, we're marketing hope.

The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer.

I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.

Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia.

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.