"How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter."
"If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid."
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Source: Christopher Peterson (2012). “Pursuing the Good Life: 100 Reflections on Positive Psychology”, p.277, Oxford University Press
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