Positive Psychology: Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. - Marcus Aurelius

" Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth" Marcus Aurelius

Discard your thirst for books, so that you may not die in bitterness, but in cheerfulness, and in truth. #MarcusAurelius

“This is wholly up to you—who is there to prevent you being good and sincere?” --#MarcusAurelius https://buff.ly/2LJhj9E

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."