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PSYC 496
Positive Psychology

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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“ Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances” ~ Viktor Frankl

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
                                                        ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
“I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives….the kind that sticks” 
                                                      ~ Dalai Lama XIV