“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.”

Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow - “It looks as if there were a single...” 1

Similar quotes

“The end toward which mankind is inexorably developing by the constant overcoming of internal antagonisms is not the enjoyment, ownership, or use of goods, but self-realization, creativity based upon the incorporation into the individual personality of the whole previous development of humanity. Freedom is creative universality, not utility.”

C.L.R. James
Read more

“Each person has a specific mission in the world, but all human beings serve like cells in a single body, working together in the realization of a common goal.”

Kabbalah Centre
Read more

“Strategic personal qualities you can base your self-confidence on are those which are interesting for all mankind.”

Rossana Condoleo
Read more

“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.”

Viktor E. Frankl
Read more

“The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them”

Jim Rohn
Read more