# Quote — Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics

> There is within each of us a "life-instinct," which is forever working toward health, happiness, and all that makes for more life for the individual.

- Author: [Maxwell Maltz](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maxwell-maltz.md)
- Book: [Psycho-Cybernetics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maxwell-maltz/psycho-cybernetics.md)
- Page: 12
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maxwell_Maltz#Psycho-Cybernetics_(1960)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/maxwell-maltz/psycho-cybernetics/there-is-within

## More from this book

> A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.

p. 31 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maxwell-maltz/psycho-cybernetics/a-human-being.md)