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, discard the irrelevant.
Iβm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance
The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.
Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer; and only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.
Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.
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