A Child Wants Some Kind

Self-actualized People...live More In The Real World Of Nature Than In The Man-made Mass Of Concepts, Abstractions, Expectations, Beliefs And Stereotypes That Most People Confuse With The World.

There Is, First, The Desire For Strength, For Achievement, For Adequacy, For Confidence In The Face Of The World, And For Independence And Freedom. Secondly, We Have What We May Call The Desire For Reputation Or Prestige

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

Life Could Be Vastly Improved If We Could Count Our Blessings As Self-actualizing People Can And Do, And If We Could Retain Their Constant Sense Of Good Fortune And Gratitude For It.

Whereas The Average Individuals "often Have Not The Slightest Idea Of What They Are, Of What They Want, Of What Their Own Opinions Are," Self-actualizing Individuals Have "superior Awareness Of Their Own Impulses, Desires, Opinions, And Subjective Reactions In General."