Consciousness Quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.” quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — Download Open image

“A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.”

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