Forgetfulness Quote by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Download Open image “the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Forgetfulness Identity Self Self forgetfulness
The more one forgets one’s own self, the more human the person becomes. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
One can forget everything, everything, only not oneself, one's own being. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
We choose to forget aspects of ourselves and then we forget that we've forgotten. — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
Self-awareness moves us beyond the old, well-worn pathways in the brain that support fixed, unconscious habits. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
When true self-remembering comes, one does not want to alter oneself, or others; one somehow rises above their weaknesses and one's own. There can… — Rodney Collin Copy Share Image
When you forget yourself, you usually start doing something others will remember. — Tahj Mowry Copy Share Image
“In the old days, a man was taught to forget himself. Today it is quite different: he is taught not to forget himself and… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“Entropy is the normal state of consciousness—a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable. To avoid this condition, people are naturally eager to fill their minds with whatever information is readily available, as long as it distracts attention from turning inward and dwelling on negative feelings. This explains why such a huge proportion of time is invested in watching television,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, many people find the only challenges they can respond to are violence, gambling, random sex, or drugs. Some of these experiences can be… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“It is usual to explain the motivation of those who enjoy dangerous activities as some sort of pathological need: they are trying to exorcise a deep-seated fear, they are compensating, they are compulsively reenacting an Oedipal fixation, they are “sensation seekers.” While such motives may be occasionally involved, what is most striking, when one actually speaks to specialists in risk,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
“Wisdom and integrity cannot be found in any single domain. A broader viewpoint that breaks across disciplinary boundaries is needed, a way of understanding that combines knowing and sensing, feeling and judging. In facing this task one cannot expect to succeed in the public eye, as one can when a field of culture recognizes one’s contributions to art, business, or… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Many business leaders today view their jobs as entailing responsibility for the welfare of the wider community. These individuals do not define themselves as… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone’s reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way.… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“I had a chat with May and I had a sweet talk with April but the lovely conversation that left me to ponder was the long talk I had with June. Mathematics came to tell me that May is 3, June is 4 and April is 5. ‘ This should have been the counting order’ Mathematics said to me, and… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share
There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I worry sometimes that we're apt to confuse forgiveness with forgetfulness. The potency of forgiveness comes precisely from the fact that it must be… — Patrick Gale Copy Share Image
What makes life worth living? Better surely, to yield to the stain of suicide blood in me and seek forgetfulness in the embrace of… — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to… — Plato Copy Share Image
What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome forgetfulness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why did you leave? Am I not good enough? Where did you go? When did it happen? ..Who are you?” — Ade Santi Copy Share Image
“Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness as fear is the beginning of wisdom.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Being alone will show you who you really are, and if you cannot get-on positively as the sole master of your space in that… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
