“Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This happens when we focus our attention (psychic energy) on realistic goals and when our skills match the challenges we face.” StatesHappensFacesOrderEnergyProcessGoalChallengesAttentionConsciousnessFocusAchieveSkillsFlowRealisticPsychicsInner LifeOptimalChallenges We FaceRealistic GoalsAchieving Happiness Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things. In France, I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united and that they reigned in common over the same country.” FirstsCountryStatesAmericaPoliticalSpiritFoundReligiousUnitedCommonAttentionUnited StatesConsequenceAspectOppositesFranceArrivalsGreat Political Book:Democracy In America -- Vol. 1 Source: Democracy In America -- Vol. 1
“I desire to call attention to the fact that the united, well ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States. It has been aptly said that "Out of the homes of America will come the future citizens of America, and only as those homes are what they should be will this nation be what it should be."” ShouldWellsHas BeensSaidStatesFactsHomeAmericaDesireNationsUnitedAttentionUnited StatesCitizensConstitutionFactorsPreservationContributingConstitution Of The United States Author:David O. McKay