“We are dealing with a fundamental characteristic, inherent in human nature, a potentiality given to all or most human beings at birth, which most often is lost or buried or inhibited as the person gets enculturated.” HumansPersonsHumanityLostGivenHuman BeingsHuman NatureBirthFundamentalsCharacteristicsBuriedInherentOften Is Book:Toward a Psychology of Being Source: Toward a Psychology of Being
“Monopolies, oligarchy, the striving for domination and not for freedom, the exploitation of an increasing number of small or weak nations by a handful of the richest or most powerful nations -- all these have given birth to those distinctive characteristics of imperialism which compel us to define it as parasitic or decaying capitalism.” GivenNationsPowerfulNumbersBirthCapitalismWeakStriveCharacteristicsMost PowerfulExploitationImperialismDominationMonopolyHandfulDistinctiveOligarchy Author:Vladimir Lenin
“The dynamic principle of fantasy is play, a characteristic also of the child, and as such it appears inconsistent with the principle of serious work. But without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. It is therefore short-sighted to treat fantasy, on account of its risky or unacceptable nature, as a thing of little worth.” ChildrenLittlesPlayImaginationPrinciplesFantasyCreativeSeriousBirthTreatsAccountsDebtCharacteristicsInconsistentCreative WorkMemories Dreams ReflectionsShort SightedSerious Work Book:Psychological Types Source: Psychological Types
“Let me put it more precisely: The ability to give birth is a natural characteristic. In the same way, everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.” IfsWayGivingReasonUseNaturalAbilityBirthLet MePhilosophicalCharacteristicsInnate Author:Jostein Gaarder
“Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That he was first to repeat them? No. None of these things has any value. He confers on them their only originality that has any value, and that is his way of telling them." Mark Twain "...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.” PeopleWayFirstsLyingValuesLiteratureLinesWrittenPoetBirthClaimsMarkChiefsCharacteristicsRepeatsOriginalityEpisodesIncidents Author:Edith Wharton
“Creativity is a characteristic given to all human beings at birth.” HumansChildrenGivenHuman BeingsCreativityBirthCharacteristics Author:Abraham Maslow