I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe that someone who lacks a delusional sense of significance will wilt in the face of repeated experiences of multiple small failures and rare successes, the fate of most researchers.

The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.

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

You should not take your intuitions at face value.

Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it.

The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.