To the scientists of the Renaissance, your critic was really your ally, helping you advance upon reality. Critics in science are not like drama critics, determining flops and successes. Criticism to scientists is just another means of finding out whether they're wrong, like running another experiment to see if it confirms or refutes a theory. Along with the advocacy principle of the courtroom, It is one of the best ways human beings have evolved to get closer to the truth.

Psychology is much bigger than just medicine, or fixing unhealthy things. Its about education, work, marriage - its even about sports. What I want to do is see psychologists working to help people build strengths in all these domains.

Optimism generates hope...hope releases dreams...dreams set goals...enthusiasm follows

You go into flow when your highest strengths are deployed to meet the highest challenges that come your way.

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

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

Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.