Best Martin Seligman Sayings
- What are the enabling conditions that make human beings flourish? How do we get from zero to plus five? Beings
- I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. Believe
- Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing. Accomplish
- The clearer the rules and the limits enforced by parents, the higher the child's self-esteem. The more freedom the child had, the lower his self-esteem. Child
- I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my… Believe
- Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a… Aims
- We have children to pursue other elements of well-being. We want meaning in life. We want relationships. Children
- You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side. Accomplishment
- There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and… Attributes
- I think we pursue positive relationships whether or not they bring us engagement or happiness. Bring
- There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think… Benign
- Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves. Concrete
- What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning. Happiness
- The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise… Belief
- 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… Age
- One of my signature strengths is the love of learning, and by teaching, I have built it into the fabric of my life. I try… Built
- I believe psychology has done very well in working out how to understand and treat disease. But I think that is literally half-baked. If all… All
- 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… Adds
- I have never worked on interrogation; I have never seen an interrogation, and I have only a passing knowledge of the literature on interrogation. With… Hear
- I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process. Assistance
- In human history, we are going from knowledge to omniscience, from potence to omnipotence, from ethics and religion to righteousness. So, in my view, God… End
- It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success. Ability
- The dirty little secret of both clinical psychology and biological psychiatry is that they have completely given up on the notion of cure. Biological
- 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… All
- Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be… Feeling
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