When All You Own Is A Hammer,

I Think Of The Self-actualizing Man Not As An Ordinary Man With Something Added, But Rather As The Ordinary Man With Nothing Taken Away. The Average Man Is A Full Human Being With Dampened And Inhibited Powers And Capabilities.

I May Say That B-love, In A Profound But Testable Sense, Creates The Partner. It Gives Him A Self-image, It Gives Him Self- Acceptance, A Feeling Of Love-worthiness, All Of Which Permit Him To Grow. It Is A Real Question Whether The Full Development Of The Human Being Is Possible Without It.

The Loss Of Illusions And The Discovery Of Identity, Though Painful At First, Can Be Ultimately Exhilarating And Strengthening.

Self-actualizing People Must Be What They Can Be.

My Feeling Is That The Concept Of Creativeness And The Concept Of The Healthy, Self Actualizing, Fully Human Person Seem To Be Coming Closer And Closer Together, And May Perhaps Turn Out To Be The Same Thing