Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity...when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiA person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThe psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiCreative individuals are more likely to have not only the strengths of their own gender but those of the other one, too.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiCompetition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect oneโs skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThe downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries to protect its doctrines and institution instead of nurturing the evolution of consciousness. If one is not careful to distinguish the genuine insights of a religion from its irrelevant accretions, one can go through life following an inappropriate moral compass.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi