Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes

Nothing determines me from outside, not because nothing acts upon me, but, on the contrary, because I am from the start outside myself and open to the world.

This possibility to change reality, which exists in everyone, represents the real freedom of every human individual. He has an enormous possibility to change his world view.

The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself.

We live within this reality we create, and we're quite unaware of how we create the reality. So the work is often a general koan into how we go about forming this world in which we live, in particular with seeing.

We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull.

The world consists of images on a screen, and consciousness is the steady light that emanates from the projector.

The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit

We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that comes into being through this particular conjunction and no other. And the key to this is the kind of attention we pay to the world.

If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.

When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.

This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.

As you are, so is the world.

You are not a prisoner of your thoughts. You have the ability to control what you are thinking.

You look like a human being, but you don't have a mind of your own.

Your life can only be as free as your perception of it

True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom.

The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

There is no line between the 'real world' and 'world of myth and symbol.' Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.

The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions.

At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.

You can only live in the world you ken. The rest is just wishful thinking or paranoia.

We have the ability to create choice by altering our interpretations of the world.

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.