Positive Psychology: Quotes

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Quotes

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

- Will Rogers

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.
- Dale Carnegie

"The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little."
- William Jennings Bryan

We do not remember days, we remember moments.- Cesare Pavese

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."