“The names we use to describe personality traits - such as extrovert, high achiever, or paranoid - refer to the specific patterns people have used to structure their attantion. At the same party, the extrovert will seek out and enjoy… — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments.” — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“We are always getting to live, as Ralph Waldo Emerson used to say, but never living. Or as poor Frances learned in the children's… — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“...the concentration is usually possible because the task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback.” — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“...they make us dependent on a social system that exploits our energies for its own purposes. ...If a person learns to enjoy and find… — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“But anyone who has experienced flow knows that the deep enjoyment it provieds requires an equal degree of disciplined concentration.” — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“The last great attempt to free consciousness from the domination of impulses and social controls was psychoanalysis; as Freud pointed out, the two tyrants… — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“Wealth, status, and power have become in our culture all too powerful symbols of happiness. ... And we assume that if only we could… — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“The names we use to describe personality traits - such as extrovert, high achiever, or paranoid - refer to the specific patterns people have… — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
“But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers.” — Csikszentmihaly Copy Share Image
