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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

“The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or unfamiliar dangers will ever appear.”

World Form Order Danger Safety Unexpected Insecurity Obsessive Unfamiliar Neurosis

Book:The Maslow Business Reader

Source: The Maslow Business Reader

“We can consider the process of healthy growth to be a never ending series of free choice situations, confronting each individual at every point throughout his life, in which he must choose between the delights of safety and growth, dependence and independence, regression and progression, immaturity and maturity.”

Choices Individual Process Growth Situation Healthy Safety Independence Series Delight Maturity Dependence Progression Never Ending Confronting Immaturity Free Choice Regression

Book:Toward a Psychology of Being

Source: Toward a Psychology of Being

“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.”

Life Motivational Fear Growth Business Self Improvement Overcoming Safety Chosen Again And Again Comfort Zone Progression Actualization

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“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.”

Needs Life Is Choices Process Growth Progress Risk Safety Sake Defense Dozen Ongoing

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

Life Spiritual Motivation Fear Growth Business Steps Courage Learning Personality Encouragement Safety Self Education Steps Forward Business Growth Peak Experiences

Author:Abraham Maslow

“One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.”

Growth Safety Have Faith Comfort Zone Progression Actualization

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“Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild character disturbances.”

People Character Safety Disturbance Panacea

Book:Motivation and Personality

Source: Motivation and Personality

“Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able to see this on the surface. Infants will react in a fashion as if they were endangered, if they are disturbed or dropped suddenly, startled by loud noises, flashing light”

Ifs Feels May Light Able Fashion Adults Safety Surface Noise Loud Threatened Infant Disturbed Loud Noises Flashing Lights

Book:A Theory of Human Motivation

Source: A Theory of Human Motivation

“If both the physiological and the safety needs are fairly well gratified, then there will emerge love and affection and belongingness needs, and the whole cycle already described will repeat itself with this new centre. Now the person will feel keenl”

Ifs Needs Feels Wells Persons Whole Reality Safety Affection Repeats Cycles Centre Physiological Love And Affection

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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