Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes

One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.

There are seeds of happiness planted in every human soul. Our mental attitude and disposition constitute the environment in which these seeds may germinate.

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

I think we're as happy as we make up our minds to be.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude

What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person. I am grateful for every day and that makes me happy.

Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

Being happy is the cornerstone of all that you are! Nothing is more important than that you feel good! And you have absolute and utter control about that because you can choose the thought that makes you worry or the thought that makes you happy; the things that thrill you, or the things that worry you. You have the choice in every moment.

A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.

Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you’re doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think of it. Two people may in the same place doing the same thing, and yet one may be miserable and the other happy. Why? Because of a different mental attitude.

Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.

You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.

When your primary function is to be happy, then whatever comes to you is irrelevant. Happiness is your true manifestation.