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The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or unfamiliar dangers will ever appear.

Abraham Maslow

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Abraham Maslow
Age: 62 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 8
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Brooklyn
New York
Abraham Harold Maslow
Maslow
World
Search
Clearest
Appear
Compulsive
Safety
Neurosis
Danger
Unfamiliar
Takes
Obsessive
Order
Dangers
Frantically
Form
Insecurity
Unmanageable
Ever
Unexpected
Stabilize

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