Flow Quote by Csikszentmihaly

“The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments.”

— Csikszentmihaly

To overcome our biological limitations as individuals, we have co-evolved collective systems and capacities - cultural, social, economic, political, scientific, media, educational, public relations,…

— Tom Atlee

“Most of us are already aware of the direct effect we have on our friends and family; our actions can make them happy or…

— Nicholas A. Christakis

We create in people through our actions and example. In this way people around us become reflections of our own behavioral patterns and internal…

— Anonymous

“The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to…

— Zhuangzi

A thoroughly socialized person is one who desires only the rewards that others around him have agreed he should long for - rewards often…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer.

— Leonard Mlodinow

We get trapped and configured in patterns of consumption, patterns of social organization, of education and value systems that don't seem to be feeding…

— James O'Dea

“We have within us the power to choose how we respond to a hurtful situation. We cannot control the actions of others, but we…

— Cameron C. Taylor

A desire for social connection is fundamentally hardwired into our psychology, and so being deprived of it has devastating mental and physical consequences. Yet…

— Owen Jones

“When we self-regulate well, we are better able to control the trajectory of our emotional lives and resulting actions based on our values and…

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“Or society places a supreme value on control -- hiding what you feel. Our culture mocks "primitive cultures" and prides itself on supression of…

— Jim Morrison