What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualizat ion.
Interpretation
Self-actualization is the realization of one's full potential and capabilities.
This quote by Abraham Maslow emphasizes the importance of personal growth and realizing one's true potential. It suggests that individuals have an intrinsic need to become the best version of themselves, and that embracing this need is essential for fulfillment and happiness in life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing one's dreams.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.
The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy
Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
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 correct them eventually.
I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared
I promise you that I did not become an addict because of anything to do with the behavior of either of my parents. Everybody has to make their own choices.
The prayer that prevails is not the work of lips and fingertips. It is the cry of a broken heart and the travail of a stricken soul.
I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.
When you practice Transcendental Meditation you are given a key to the deepest level of life.
A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
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