Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.

The evidence is unequivocal, there's a great deal more luck than skill in people getting very rich.

Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.

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

Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what you see. But it's also a pretty odd experience, because some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them, and that happens to be the case even for memories that are not true.

Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me.