FastSaying

the love of fate corresponds to a willingness to accept ownership of one's actions, whether these are spontaneous or imposed from the outside. It is this acceptance that leads to personal growth, and provides the feeling of serene enjoyment which removes the burden of entropy from everyday life.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Related Quotes

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
flowinspirational
Wealth, status, and power have become in our culture all too powerful symbols of happiness. ... And we assume that if only we could acquire some of those same symbols, we would be nuch happier.
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
flowp44
...what the social environment told them to want...
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
flowp35
...the concentration is usually possible because the task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback.
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
flowp49
...they make us dependent on a social system that exploits our energies for its own purposes. ...If a person learns to enjoy and find meaning in the ongoing stream of experience, in the process of living itself, the burden of social controls automatically falls from one's shoulders.
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
flowp-19