Martin Seligman Quotes about Psychology

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The aim of Positive Psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from a preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also building the best qualities in life.

The aim of Positive Psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from a preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also building the best qualities in life.

Martin Seligman

Things In Life, Psychology, Quality

Psychology should be just as concerned with building strength as with repairing damage

Martin Seligman

Motivation, Inspiration, Psychology

When well-being comes from engaging our strengths and virtues, our lives are imbued with authenticity.

Martin Seligman

Psychology, Authenticity, Virtue

Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.17, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

So Positive Psychology takes seriously the bright hope that if you find yourself stuck in the parking lot of life, with few and only ephemeral pleasures, with minimal gratifications, and without meaning, there is a road out. This road takes you through the countryside of pleasure and gratification, up into the high country of strength and virtue, and finally to the peaks of lasting fulfillment: meaning and purpose

Martin Seligman

Country, Psychology, Finding Yourself

Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.10, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

The Fundamentalist Religions simply seem to offer more hope for a brighter future than do the more liberal, humanistic ones.

Martin Seligman

Fundamentalist Religion, Psychology, Brighter Future

By activating an expansive, tolerant, and creative mindset, positive feelings maximize the social, intellectual, and physical benefits that will accrue.

Martin Seligman

Creative, Feelings, Psychology

Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.44, Nicholas Brealey Publishing