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Wow - incredible book. I am once again amazed I missed this book the first time I was introduced to Maslow oh so long ago. Maybe it wasn't time yet. Every chapter had a great insight into society and the ways in which we view each other and ourselves. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking answers to "Why do people do that?".Here's a sampling:The exclusive study of our failures and breakdowns will hardly breed inspiration, hopefulness, and optimistic ambitions in either the layman or the scientist.It is dangerous to see in the world what we have put into it rather than what is actually there.And my absolute favorite:Even if all these needs (physiological, safety, belongingness and love, esteem) are satisfied, we may still often (if not always) expect that a new discontent and restlessness will soon develop, unless the individual is doing what he is fitted for. A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. This need we may call self-actualization (man's desire for self-fulfillment). This tendency might be phrased as the desire to become more and more what one is, to become everything that one is capable of becoming.