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.

Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do.

You should not take your intuitions at face value.

Being wealthy is often a powerful predictor that people spend less time doing pleasurable things and more time doing compulsory things and feeling stressed.

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

After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time.

We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if the story were true.