Ed Diener quotes
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“Psychological wealth includes life satisfaction, the feeling that life is full of meaning, a sense of engagement in interesting activities, the pursuit of important goals, the experience of positive emotional feelings, and a sense of spirituality that connects people to things larger than themselves.”
-- Ed DienerSource : Ed Diener, Robert Biswas-Diener (2011). “Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth”, p.18, John Wiley & Sons
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“Being too happy is bad for you. 8 on 1 10-scale is just right. Eg. cancer patients are more likely to survive if they're at an 8 instead of 9 or 10.”
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“It appears that the way people perceive the world is much more important to happiness than objective circumstances.”
-- Ed Diener
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“Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”
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“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
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Source : "XXVIII : The Inner Light of Torah in the Land of Israel". Translation by Rabbi Bezalel Naor, p. 208,
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