We have associations to things. We have, you know, we have associations to tables and to - and to dogs and to cats and to Harvard professors, and that's the way the mind works. It's an association machine.

There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-term political strategic forecasting, it's been shown that experts are just not better than a dice-throwing monkey.

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important.

When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.

You're surprised by something, but you don't really know what surprised you; you recognize someone, but you don't really know what cues cause you to recognize that person.

When people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are unsound.