Muriel Charpentier

“To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself. She has to develop the ability to find enjoyment and purpose regardless of external circumstances.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

“Nothing is ever over when it is alive inside a human heart. You'll always be an echo in my words.”
― Penfist

“Pain and pleasure occur in consciousness and exist only there”
― Csikszentmihaly

“Believing in yourself when no one else does is lonely. Surround yourself with people who believe in you. The alternative is eventual insanity.”
― Penfist