About Quote by Martin Seligman

“I've been bothered about time generally and our tripartite division of time into past, present, and future. I think I know what the past is, and I think I know what future is, but I'm really not comfortable with the notion of present.”

Martin Seligman

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings)

About Been Bothered Comfortable Division Future Generally I think Know Notion Our Past Past present Past present and future Present Really Think Time

More by Martin Seligman

It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me.…

Martin Seligman

Image

I have never worked on interrogation; I have never seen an interrogation, and I have only a passing knowledge of the literature on interrogation.…

Martin Seligman

Image

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to…

Martin Seligman

Image

It's a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by thinking about it. Our thoughts rapidly congeal into BELIEFS. These beliefs may…

Martin Seligman

Image

One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at…

Martin Seligman

Image

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

Martin Seligman

Image

Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education, work, marriage - it's even about sports. What I want…

Martin Seligman

Image

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

Martin Seligman

Image

I have spent most of my life working with mental illness. I have been president of the world's largest association of mental-illness workers, and…

Martin Seligman

Image

Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair...

Martin Seligman

Image

We deprive our children, our charges, of persistence. What I am trying to say is that we need to fail, children need to fail,…

Martin Seligman

Image

One of my worries about America is the epidemic of depression we've been in. One of the possibilities about that is that the 'I'…

Martin Seligman

Image

Explore all 102 Martin Seligman quotes

More About quotes

If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to…

Laurie Helgoe

Image

Joking about violence is not funny.

Perez Hilton

Image

I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out.

Holly Willoughby

Image

With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.

Karin Slaughter

Image

I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they…

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Image

That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny.

Michael Jai White

Image

I learned a lot about myself at Oakmont.

Shane Lowry

Image

I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon…

Magdalena Neuner

Image

Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical…

Nita Ambani