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.

I would be wary of experts' intuition, except when they deal with something that they have dealt with a lot in the past.

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.

If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable.

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.

Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally.

Individual investors predictably flock to stocks in companies that are in the news.