“Maslow explained that, some time in the late thirties, he had been struck by the thought that modern psychology is based on the study of sick people. But since there are more healthy people around than sick people, how can this psychology give a fair idea of the workings of the human mind? It struck him that it might be worthwhile to devote some time to the study of healthy people.”

—  Colin Wilson

Source: New Pathways In Psychology: Maslow and the Post-Freudian Revolution (1972), p. 15

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