If someone offered you a pill that would make you permanently happy, you would be well advised to run fast and run far. Emotion is a compass that tells us what to do, and a compass that perpetually stuck on north is worthless.
Daniel GilbertMost of us appear to believe that we are more athletic, intelligent, organized, ethical, logical, interesting, open-minded, and healthy-not to mention more attractive-than the average person.
Daniel GilbertPerceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artistโs hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed
Daniel Gilbert