I enjoy being active, but I look forward to the day when I can retire to the Internet.

One of the problems with expertise is that people have it in some domains and not in others.

The experiencing self lives in the moment; it is the one that answers the question, 'Does it hurt?' or 'What were you thinking about just now?' The remembering self is the one that answers questions about the overall evaluation of episodes or periods of one's life, such as a stay in the hospital or the years since one left college.

Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying shared values and commitment to the relationship trump the need for one last dig or self-righteous justification.

If people can construct a simple and coherent story, they will feel confident regardless of how well grounded it is in reality.

We are far too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random.

It's clear that policymakers and economists are going to be interested in the measurement of well-being primarily as it correlates with health; they also want to know whether researchers can validate subjective responses with physiological indices.