The new science of optimism and longevity
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The new science of optimism and longevity
Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man—his courage and hope, or lack of them—and the state of immunity of his body will understand that the sudden loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect.
Viktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
My observation, backed by the science, is that the person who eats right won’t be bothered as much by the little bumps in life’s road, and he or she will have greater optimism, too.
Scott Adams • How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when wrong, they are positive, and that is the way of achievement, correction, improvement, and success. Educated, eyes-open optimism pays; pessimism can only offer the empty consolation of being right.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
l’injustice génétique: les optimistes sont plus susceptibles d’en bénéficier que les pessimistes305. La plupart des optimistes sont des personnes qui ont gagné à la loterie corticale: ils ont un niveau de base de bonheur plus élevé, regardent habituellement le bon côté des choses et disposent de plus de voiles clairs pour emballer les nuages noirs.