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Psychologist

Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist born on April 1, 1908, and died on June 8, 1970. He was a pioneer in humanistic psychology and proposed Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which had a profound impact on the field of psychology.

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Famous Abraham Maslow Quotes

“False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.”

Mean Optimism Sooner Or Later Hopelessness Disillusionment

Author:Abraham Maslow

“We fear our highest possibility. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.”

Moments Perfect Possibility Highest Glimpse Perfect Moments

Book:Maslow on management

Source: Maslow on management

“We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general.”

Humans Remember Human Nature

Author:Abraham Maslow

“Become aware of internal, subjective, subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.”

World Certain Process Amount Conversation Consequence Unconscious Etc Internals Self Knowledge Abstraction Subjective Uncontrollable

Author:Abraham Maslow

“The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.”

Men Should Justice Virtue Products Limits Approach Absolutes Factors Triumph Etc Zero Efficiency Interfere Minimum Justice Truth

Book:Maslow on management

Source: Maslow on management

“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.”

Grows Desirable Good And Bad Undesirable

Author:Abraham Maslow

“Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.”

Humans Self Seems Human Beings Modern Theory Psychological Autonomous

Author:Abraham Maslow

About the Author

Born: April 1, 1908
Died: June 8, 1970
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 157

Books & Sources

Toward a Psychology of BeingRelated source material

The Maslow Business ReaderRelated source material

Motivation and PersonalityRelated source material

Maslow on managementRelated source material

A Theory of Human MotivationRelated source material

Future visions: the unpublished papers of Abraham MaslowRelated source material

On Dominance, Self-Esteem, and Self-ActualizationRelated source material

American politics and humanistic psychologyRelated source material

The healthy personality: readingsRelated source material

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