“Man has two sets of needs: his need as an animal to avoid pain and his need as a human to grow psychologically.”

—  Frederick Herzberg

Source: Work and the nature of man, 1966, p. 71

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Man has two sets of needs: his need as an animal to avoid pain and his need as a human to grow psychologically." by Frederick Herzberg?
Frederick Herzberg photo
Frederick Herzberg 21
American psychologist 1923–2000

Related quotes

Democritus photo

“The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.”

Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory

Freeman (1948), p. 162
Variant: The needy animal knows how much it needs, but the needy man does not.

Sadhguru photo

“Do you understand? Man needs entertainment simply to hide his madness. If he was perfectly sane, he would not need entertainment. He could just sit and watch this bamboo grow. He does not really need entertainment.”

Sadhguru (1957) Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian

Source: Mystic's Musings

Warren Farrell photo

“Becoming a human doing was exactly what society needed. But for an individual man, becoming a human doing was his undoing.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)

George Herbert photo

“Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.”

George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

Niccolo Machiavelli photo

“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”

Niccolo Machiavelli book The Prince

Source: The Prince

Napoleon I of France photo

“A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.”

Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“An animal doesn’t need to develop curiosity and intelligence if it has no problems that need solving.”

Robert L. Forward book Dragon's Egg

Source: Dragon's Egg (1980), Chapter 1, “Prologue” Section 4 (p. 7)

“Dissatisfiers led to dissatisfaction because of the need to avoid pain for situations that caused discomfort; satisfiers led to job satisfaction because of a need for growth or self-actualization.”

Frederick Herzberg (1923–2000) American psychologist

Source: Work and the nature of man, 1966, p. 75).

Mark Twain photo

“Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.”

Mark Twain book Following the Equator

Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XXVII
Following the Equator (1897)

Herbert Spencer photo

“Man needed one moral constitution to fit him for his original state; he needs another to fit him for his present state; and he has been, is, and will long continue to be, in process of adaptation.”

Herbert Spencer book Social Statics

Pt. I, Ch. 2 : The Evanescence of Evil, concluding paragraph
Social Statics (1851)
Context: Man needed one moral constitution to fit him for his original state; he needs another to fit him for his present state; and he has been, is, and will long continue to be, in process of adaptation. And the belief in human perfectibility merely amounts to the belief that, in virtue of this process, man will eventually become completely suited to his mode of life.
Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity. Instead of civilization being artificial, it is part of nature; all of a piece with the development of the embryo or the unfolding of a flower. The modifications mankind have undergone, and are still undergoing, result from a law underlying the whole organic creation; and provided the human race continues, and the constitution of things remains the same, those modifications must end in completeness.

Related topics