Facts that challenge basic assumptions-and thereby threaten people's livelihood and self-esteem-are simply not absorbed. The mind does not digest them.

The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

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

Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they're in in the course of the day.

There's a very good reason for why economics developed the way it did, and that is that in many situations, the assumption that people will exploit the opportunities available to them is very plausible, and it simplifies the analysis of how markets will behave.

The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.

The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.