Quotes by Martin Seligman

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The fundamentalist religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic o — Martin Seligman
It's my belief that, since the end of the Second World War, psychology has moved too far away from its original roots, w — Martin Seligman
Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. It's about education, work, marriage - it's ev — Martin Seligman
Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of t — Martin Seligman
If you were an optimistic teen, then you'll be an optimist at 80. People's reactions to bad events are highly stable ove — Martin Seligman
The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. T — Martin Seligman
I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flo — Martin Seligman
The word 'happiness' always bothered me, partly because it was scientifically unwieldy and meant a lot of different thin — Martin Seligman
The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authen — Martin Seligman
There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physica — Martin Seligman
One of my signature strengths is the love of learning, and by teaching, I have built it into the fabric of my life. I tr — Martin Seligman
I have never worked on interrogation; I have never seen an interrogation, and I have only a passing knowledge of the lit — Martin Seligman
If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago. — Martin Seligman
I'm all for past influences the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what w — Martin Seligman
Positive psychology is not remotely intended to replace therapy or pharmacology. So when depressed, anxious or in panic — Martin Seligman
P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is relationships, M is meaning and A is accomplishment. Those are the five ele — Martin Seligman
On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a — Martin Seligman
One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Thos — Martin Seligman
It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success. — Martin Seligman
The best therapists can do with sadness, anger, and anxiety is to help patients live in the more comfortable part of the — Martin Seligman