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title: "22 Ifs Quotes By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi"
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> [If we are so rich, why aren't we happy?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-we-are-so-rich-why-aren-t-we-happy/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [I have a naive trust in the universe - that at some level it all makes sense, and we can get glimpses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/i-have-a-naive-trust-in-the-universe-that-at-some-level-it-all-makes/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [If you're alone with nothing to do, the quality of your experience really plummets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-you-re-alone-with-nothing-to-do-the-quality-of-your-experience/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [If an enterprise does not aspire to be the best of its kind, it will attract second-rate employees, and it will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-an-enterprise-does-not-aspire-to-be-the-best-of-its-kind-it-will/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [If you do anything well, it becomes enjoyable. To keep enjoying something, you need to increase its complexity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-you-do-anything-well-it-becomes-enjoyable-to-keep-enjoying/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/act-as-if-the-future-of-the-universe-depends-on-what-you-do-while/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [It is as if evolution has built a safety device in our nervous system that allows us to experience full happiness only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-as-if-evolution-has-built-a-safety-device-in-our-nervous-system/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [If we agree that the bottom line of life is happiness, not success, then it makes perfect sense to say that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-we-agree-that-the-bottom-line-of-life-is-happiness-not-success/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [If the firms that employ an increasing majority of the population are driven solely to satisfy the owner's greed at the expense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-the-firms-that-employ-an-increasing-majority-of-the-population-are/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [If a leader demonstrates that his purpose is noble, that the work will enable people to connect with something large - more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-a-leader-demonstrates-that-his-purpose-is-noble-that-the-work-will/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [Repeatedly we question the necessity of our actions and evaluate critically the reasons for carrying them out. But in flow there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/repeatedly-we-question-the-necessity-of-our-actions-and-evaluate/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-essential-to-learn-to-enjoy-life-it-really-does-not-make-sense/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [Whatever the composition of a firm, if it is to do good business it should be a place where everyone is encouraged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/whatever-the-composition-of-a-firm-if-it-is-to-do-good-business-it/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [...if we expended all our energies solely on taking care of our own needs we would stop growing. In that respect what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-we-expended-all-our-energies-solely-on-taking-care-of-our-own/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [I have devoted 30 years of research to how creative people live and work, to make more understandable the mysterious process by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/i-have-devoted-30-years-of-research-to-how-creative-people-live-and/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/each-of-us-is-born-with-two-contradictory-sets-of-instructions-a/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [It is amazing how little effort most people make to improve control of their attention. If reading a book seems too difficult,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-amazing-how-little-effort-most-people-make-to-improve-control/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/the-downside-of-course-is-that-over-time-religions-become-encrusted/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [To know oneself is the first step toward making flow a part of one's entire life. But just as there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/to-know-oneself-is-the-first-step-toward-making-flow-a-part-of-one-s/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [Jane Fonda, who divided her life into three acts, decided after her sixtieth birthday that she was now facing the final act,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/jane-fonda-who-divided-her-life-into-three-acts-decided-after-her/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-there-is-one-word-that-makes-creative-people-different-from-others-2/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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> [ If I had to express in one word what makes their \[creative individuals'\] personalities different from others, it's complexity. They show tendencies… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-i-had-to-express-in-one-word-what-makes-their-creative-individuals/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

> [“Entropy is the normal state of consciousness—a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable. To avoid this condition, people are naturally eager to fill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/entropy-is-the-normal-state-of-consciousness-a-condition-that-is/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/most-enjoyable-activities-are-not-natural-they-demand-an-effort-that/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/people-without-an-internalized-symbolic-system-can-all-too-easily/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/through-learning-we-grow-becoming-more-than-we-were-before-and-in/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [“Unfortunately, many people find the only challenges they can respond to are violence, gambling, random sex, or drugs. Some of these experiences can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/unfortunately-many-people-find-the-only-challenges-they-can-respond/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-essential-to-learn-to-enjoy-life-it-really-does-not-make-sense/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [“It is usual to explain the motivation of those who enjoy dangerous activities as some sort of pathological need: they are trying to exorcise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/it-is-usual-to-explain-the-motivation-of-those-who-enjoy-dangerous/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [“Wisdom and integrity cannot be found in any single domain. A broader viewpoint that breaks across disciplinary boundaries is needed, a way of understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/wisdom-and-integrity-cannot-be-found-in-any-single-domain-a-broader/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/for-better-or-worse-our-future-will-be-determined-in-large-part-by/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [Many business leaders today view their jobs as entailing responsibility for the welfare of the wider community. These individuals do not define themselves as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/many-business-leaders-today-view-their-jobs-as-entailing/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone’s reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/the-rules-themselves-are-clear-enough-and-within-everyone-s-reach-but/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/when-each-of-these-three-elements-of-vision-concern-for-excellence/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [If an enterprise does not aspire to be the best of its kind, it will attract second-rate employees, and it will be soon forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/if-an-enterprise-does-not-aspire-to-be-the-best-of-its-kind-it-will/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [Only direct control of experience, the ability to derive moment-by-moment enjoyment from everything we do, can overcome the obstacles to fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/only-direct-control-of-experience-the-ability-to-derive-moment-by/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

> [Try to be surprised by something every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/try-to-be-surprised-by-something-every-day/)

[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/)

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