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.

It's not a case of: 'Read this book and then you'll think differently. I've written this book, and I don't think differently.

One thing we have lost, that we had in the past, is a sense of progress, that things are getting better. There is a sense of volatility, but not of progress.

There is general agreement among researchers that nearly all stock pickers, whether they know it or not-and few of them do-are playing a game of chance.

The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

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

We have a very narrow view of what is going on.