Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us.

What’s so curious about human beings is that we can look deeply into the future, foresee disaster, and still do nothing in the present to stop it. The majority of people on this planet, they’re overwhelmed with concerns about their immediate well being.

We don't believe other people's experiences can tell us all that much about our own. I think this is an illusion of uniqueness.

Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants.

Impact is rewarding. Mattering makes us happy.

I think good things are happening to me and will continue. I am not optimistic about the rest of the species, but I'm so blessed, it's almost scary. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have a wildly sunny disposition. I love to laugh.

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.