"Repression is not the way to virtue. When……" — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
"Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason."
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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