Occupation: Psychologist Birth: April 1, 1908 Death: June 8, 1970
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail..
It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to c….
Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad ha….
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness..
No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself..
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety..
The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important..
We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings..
The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience a….
The human being is so constructed that he pressed toward fuller and fuller being..
There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages….
False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness..
We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general..
You must want to be first-class ...meaning the best, the very best you are capable of becoming. If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capa….
Language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication..
An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle and vanished..
Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be..
Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what….
We may define therapy as a search for value..
Let people realize clearly that every time they threaten someone or humiliate or unnecessarily hurt or dominate or reject another human being, they b….
When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail..