People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.
Martin SeligmanPsychology should be just as concerned with building strength as with repairing damage
Martin SeligmanWell-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.
Martin SeligmanTo 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.
Martin Seligman