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Than Quotes by Martin Seligman
- Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually…
- The Fundamentalist Religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.
- 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…
- 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…
- Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.
- 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…
- Perhaps the single most robust fact across many surveys is that married people are happier than anyone else.
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle