Flourishing Quotes

67 quotes by 65 authors

It is the destiny of the theater nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing. — Hyman Taubman
By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a… — Matthieu Ricard
We were born with a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew how to use them. We… — Marianne Williamson
I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or… — David Brooks
When your heart becomes the grave of your secrets, that desire of yours will be gained more quickly. The prophet said that anyone who keeps… — Rumi
At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial quest for a… — Daniel Goleman
This single Stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected Corner, I once knew in a flourishing State in a Forest: It was… — Jonathan Swift
Flourishing goes beyond happiness, or satisfaction with life. True, people who flourish are happy. But that's not the half of it. Beyond feeling good, they're… — Barbara Fredrickson
O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O… — William Blake
A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade. — Barnabe Barnes
Our present urgency is to recover a sense of the primacy of the Universe as our fundamental context, and the primacy of the Earth as… — Thomas Berry
The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I who once wrote songs with keen delight am now by sorrow driven to take up melancholy measures. Wounded Muses tell me what I must… — Boethius
And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and… — Miguel de Cervantes
The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of the printed text… — Douglas Groothuis
There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present. — Will Durant
We would say homosexuality is not the original design for sexuality. Therefore, itâ€™s not good for human flourishing. We want people to do things that… — Timothy Keller
It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing. — Tom G. Palmer
I testify that wickedness is rapidly expanding in every segment of our society. It is more highly organized, more cleverly disguised, and more powerfully promoted… — Ezra Taft Benson
Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks. — Alistair Cooke

Who Wrote These Flourishing Quotes

65 authors contributed a total of 67 Flourishing Quotes, led by these top contributors: