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| I think we pursue... | I think we pursue positive relationships whether or not they bring us engagement or happiness. Copy Copy I think we pursue positive⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| I think you can... | I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flourish. When we believed that happiness was only smiling and good mood, that wasn't very good for people like me, people in the lower half of positive affectivity. Copy Copy I think you can be⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| If the point of... | If the point of the inner-child movement is to cure adult problems, it doesn't work. Reliving childhood traumas gives you a nice afterglow, but it lasts only for hours or days. There is no evidence it changes adult problems. Copy Copy If the point of the⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| I'm trying to broaden... | I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do. Copy Copy I'm trying to broaden the⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| It is the combination... | It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success. Copy Copy It is the combination of⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| On the relationship side,... | On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and friendship and decreases the probability of depression. Copy Copy On the relationship side, if⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| One of my worries... | One of my worries about America is the epidemic of depression we've been in. One of the possibilities about that is that the 'I' gets bigger and bigger, and the 'we' gets smaller and smaller. Copy Copy One of my worries about⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| One of the things... | One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you're sad. Copy Copy One of the things psychologists⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| Positive emotion alienated from... | Positive emotion alienated from the exercise of character leads to emptiness, to inauthenticity, to depression, and, as we age, to the gnawing realization that we are fidgeting until we die. Copy Copy Positive emotion alienated from the⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| Positive psychology is not... | Positive psychology is not remotely intended to replace therapy or pharmacology. So when depressed, anxious or in panic or post-traumatic stress disorder, I am all for therapies that will work. Positive psychology is another arrow in the quiver of public policy and psychology through which we can raise wellbeing above zero. Copy Copy Positive psychology is not remotely⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| Psychology is much bigger... | Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education, work, marriage - it's even about sports. What I want to do is see psychologists working to help people build strengths in all these domains. Copy Copy Psychology is much bigger than⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| The goal of a... | The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authentic happiness, astonishingly, can occur even in the presence of authentic sadness. Copy Copy The goal of a life⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| The good life consists... | The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness. Copy Copy The good life consists in⦠copied to clipboard | ||
| What humans want is... | What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning. Copy Copy What humans want is not⦠copied to clipboard |
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