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Our Lives Quotes by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched…
- Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity...when we…
- If the firms that employ an increasing majority of the population are driven solely to satisfy the owner's greed at the expense of working conditions,…
- It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look…
- Our jobs determine to a large extent what our lives are like. Is what you do for a living making you ill? Does it keep…
More Our Lives Quotes
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of… — David Attenborough
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture… — Diane Ackerman
- There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I… — George Matthew Adams
- When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. — Ezra Taft Benson
- The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant… — Nicolas Berggruen
- Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of… — Irving Berlin
- The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and… — Annie Besant
- Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to… — Bjork