"What are the enabling conditions that make human beings flourish? How do we get from zero to plus five?"

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Martin Seligman

#Zero Quotes #Enabling Quotes #Plus Quotes

“We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing”
“For what itâ€™s worth, itâ€™s never too late to be whoever you want to be.”
“...one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecsessarily.”
“Optimism is the parent of despair, while pessimism allows the mind to accustom itself to the inevitable disappointments of human existence by degrees, just as some drugs induce a state of tolerance. Pessimists, moreover, have the better sense of humour, for they have a livelier apprehension of pretension and absurdity. In a meritocracy, furthermore, those who fail must either indulge in elaborate mental contortions to disguise reality from themselves or sink into a deep melancholy.”
“I demand the best. Sleep is forbidden. If you work for me, you have to roll how I roll. Im not really human. Im like a machine.”
“The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.”
“Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.”
“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”

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