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Quote by Abraham Maslow

“The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy”

Book:American politics and humanistic psychology

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American politics and humanistic psychology

In 'American politics and humanistic psychology,' the author delves into the relationship between political dynamics in the United States and the principles of humanistic psychology. The book investigates how psychological insights can shape political decision-making and policy formulation, offering a comprehensive analysis of the interplay between these two disciplines. more

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Abraham Maslow

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. more

“There seems no intrinsic reason why everyone shouldn't be (self-actualising). Apparently every baby has possibilities for self-actualisation, but most get it knocked out of them ...I think of the self-actualising man not as an ordinary man with something added, but rather as the ordinary man with nothing taken away.”

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“How many things would be different in everyone’s surroundings if we hadn’t lived? How a good word many have encouraged some fellow and did something to him that he did it differently and better than he would otherwise. And through him somebody else was saved. How much we contribute to each other, how powerful we each are-and don’t know it.”

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“In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.”

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Author:B. R. Ambedkar

“When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider him a failure. 'Too bad that didn't work.' 'I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.' We need to separate the deed from the doer.”