12 quotes
American psychologist (1908–1970)
“We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.”
"We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments."
on Fear
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself."
on Art
"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
on Wisdom
"If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life."
on Happiness
"A musician must make music an artist must paint a poet must write if he to be at peace with himself. What a man can be he must be."
on Creativity
"The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short."
on Life
"The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior."
"Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth."
on Truth
"Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be."
on Philosophy
"Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself."
on Education
"A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting."
