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Martin Seligman Quotes about Happiness

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The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification.

The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification.

Martin Seligman
Happiness, Good Life, Signatures
Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.20, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Not only do happy people endure pain better and take more health and safety precautions when threatened, but positive emotions undo negative emotions.

Martin Seligman
Happiness, Pain, People
Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.42, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Positive emotion can be about the past, the present, or the future. The positive emotions about the future include optimism, hope, faith, and trust. Those about the present include joy, ecstasy, calm, zest, ebullience, pleasure, and (most importantly) flow; these emotions are what most people usually mean when they casually-but much too narrowly-talk about "happiness." The positive emotions about the past include satisfaction, contentment, fulfillment, pride, and serenity.

Martin Seligman
Happiness, Mean, Pride
Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.60, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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