To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
Abraham H. Maslow
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A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.
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