The Story Of The Human Race Is

Dispassionate Objectivity Is Itself A Passion, For The Real And For The Truth.

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.

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

The Major Motivation Theories By Which Most Men Live Can Lead Them Only To Depression And Cynicism.

As One Studies These Preconditions, One Becomes Saddened By The Ease With Which Human Potentiality Can Be Destroyed Or Repressed, So That A Fully-human Person Can Seem Like A Miracle, So Improbable A Happening As To Be Awe-inspiring. And Simultaneously One Is Heartened By The Fact That Self-actualizing Persons Do In Fact Exist, That They Are Therefore Possible, That The Gauntlet Of Dangers Can Be Run, That The Finish Line Can Be Crossed.